Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University
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The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3864057 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University Context triple: [Maya Angelou, positionHeld, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University]
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Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
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Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
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C.
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
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Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
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E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University Target entity description: The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
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A.
Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
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B.
Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
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C.
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
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D.
Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
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E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endowed academic chair
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professorship ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
American culture
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American society ⓘ |
| academicLevel | university ⓘ |
| academicTitleAt | Wake Forest University ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Wake Forest University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employerOfHolder | Wake Forest University ⓘ |
| field | American Studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
American culture
ⓘ
American history ⓘ American literature ⓘ American society ⓘ |
| heldBy | Maya Angelou ⓘ |
| holderCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| holderOccupation |
poet
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| isDistinguishedChair | true ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Wake Forest University ⓘ |
| namedProfessorshipAt | Wake Forest University ⓘ |
| notableHolder | Maya Angelou ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University Description of subject: The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.