Triple
T21916373
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Howard Taft |
E541191
|
entity |
| Predicate | honor |
P11
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor
Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor is an endowed academic chair at Yale University commemorating the legacy and contributions of William Howard Taft.
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E1507724
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor | Statement: [William Howard Taft, honor, Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor Context triple: [William Howard Taft, honor, Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor]
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A.
Sterling bequest to Yale University
The Sterling bequest to Yale University was a major philanthropic gift from lawyer John W. Sterling that funded numerous buildings, endowments, and academic initiatives, significantly shaping Yale’s modern campus and resources.
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B.
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
The Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard Law School named after Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter.
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C.
Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
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D.
Alva O. Way University Professor
The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
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E.
Sather Professorship of History
The Sather Professorship of History is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to eminent historians in recognition of their scholarly excellence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor Triple: [William Howard Taft, honor, Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor]
Generated description
Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor is an endowed academic chair at Yale University commemorating the legacy and contributions of William Howard Taft.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor Target entity description: Yale University’s Taft Professorship named in his honor is an endowed academic chair at Yale University commemorating the legacy and contributions of William Howard Taft.
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A.
Sterling bequest to Yale University
The Sterling bequest to Yale University was a major philanthropic gift from lawyer John W. Sterling that funded numerous buildings, endowments, and academic initiatives, significantly shaping Yale’s modern campus and resources.
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B.
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
The Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard Law School named after Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter.
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C.
Yale University Provost
The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the university.
-
D.
Alva O. Way University Professor
The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
-
E.
Sather Professorship of History
The Sather Professorship of History is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to eminent historians in recognition of their scholarly excellence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e0c47c4b9c8190a5586a75f5f36453 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f123378140819090a30453c1db7f38 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a5a1186fc819094873c6f5aa613c5 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a5ad393c88190b92efec68c0b9846 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a5b7724188190bcdf44436cd8da26 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:43 p.m.