Triple

T10114095
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bart D. Ehrman E218312 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
The James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies is a prestigious endowed academic chair in religious studies, notably held by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.
 E842380 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: James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies | Statement: [Bart D. Ehrman, positionHeld, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
Context triple: [Bart D. Ehrman, positionHeld, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies]
  • A. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
    The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
  • B. Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology
    The Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology is a prestigious endowed chair in Christian theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
  • C. College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
    College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor is an honorary academic title recognizing exceptional scholarly achievement and impact within a university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
  • D. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
    The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
Triple: [Bart D. Ehrman, positionHeld, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies]
Generated description
The James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies is a prestigious endowed academic chair in religious studies, notably held by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
Target entity description: The James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies is a prestigious endowed academic chair in religious studies, notably held by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.
  • A. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
    The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
  • B. Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology
    The Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology is a prestigious endowed chair in Christian theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
  • C. College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
    College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor is an honorary academic title recognizing exceptional scholarly achievement and impact within a university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
  • D. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
    The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ca83da93fc8190b54e44bc2b34857c completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd15ffcd48190825800611aab2aab completed April 2, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc2b00488190acca51a797beed45 completed April 5, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cda6452c81908d67ea322da3cf70 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce6da82081908ca6b3621971ca9a completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:04 p.m.