Triple

T10183194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ray Jackendoff E236837 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
The Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy is an endowed academic chair in philosophy held by linguist and cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff.
 E846494 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: Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy | Statement: [Ray Jackendoff, positionHeld, Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
Context triple: [Ray Jackendoff, positionHeld, Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy]
  • A. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Perry (philosopher)
    John Perry is an American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, personal identity, and the nature of the self.
  • E. Nicholas Wolterstorff
    Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
  • 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: Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
Triple: [Ray Jackendoff, positionHeld, Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy]
Generated description
The Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy is an endowed academic chair in philosophy held by linguist and cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy
Target entity description: The Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy is an endowed academic chair in philosophy held by linguist and cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff.
  • A. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John Perry (philosopher)
    John Perry is an American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, personal identity, and the nature of the self.
  • E. Nicholas Wolterstorff
    Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
  • 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cded3408b88190a7d981a6dcea48d9 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d3179b9de88190ba3beb7d6dbf7ad3 completed April 6, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d318d099648190a42fffec876711dd completed April 6, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d3194331c481909b8ef2dead8ed105 completed April 6, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.