Triple
T5303060
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James M. McPherson |
E120029
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History
The George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History is a distinguished endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars of United States history.
|
E509617
|
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: George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History | Statement: [James M. McPherson, positionHeld, George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Context triple: [James M. McPherson, positionHeld, George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History]
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A.
Harrington Professor of History
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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D.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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E.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
- 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: George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Triple: [James M. McPherson, positionHeld, George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History]
Generated description
The George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History is a distinguished endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars of United States history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Target entity description: The George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History is a distinguished endowed chair at Princeton University held by leading scholars of United States history.
-
A.
Harrington Professor of History
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
-
D.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
-
E.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
- 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_69bd44704be88190acdb2ac481b0ff55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd851b685c8190b7ed8c762a807395 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10f3b9ac81909cd2ca2278b11d3e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf11635b9c819092130c46caea9306 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf11e982d08190bc74312bf6ee7127 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.