Triple
T18282769
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Bressoud |
E437902
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College | Statement: [David Bressoud, positionHeld, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College Context triple: [David Bressoud, positionHeld, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College]
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A.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s mathematics department, held by leading researchers such as Charles Fefferman.
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B.
George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
The George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in Harvard's mathematics department, held by distinguished scholars such as number theorist Benedict Gross.
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C.
James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics
The James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics is a distinguished endowed chair at Duke University reserved for leading scholars in the field of mathematics.
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D.
Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics
The Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in mathematics at the University of Virginia.
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E.
Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago
The Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago is a prestigious endowed faculty chair awarded to an eminent mathematician recognized for outstanding research and service in the field.
- 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: DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College Target entity description: The DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College is a distinguished endowed chair in the college’s mathematics department, held by prominent mathematician and educator David Bressoud.
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A.
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
The Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s mathematics department, held by leading researchers such as Charles Fefferman.
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B.
George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
The George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in Harvard's mathematics department, held by distinguished scholars such as number theorist Benedict Gross.
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C.
James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics
The James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics is a distinguished endowed chair at Duke University reserved for leading scholars in the field of mathematics.
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D.
Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics
The Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in mathematics at the University of Virginia.
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E.
Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago
The Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago is a prestigious endowed faculty chair awarded to an eminent mathematician recognized for outstanding research and service in the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b914530c8190b4474d862a2b2a1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50057c5c881909fcda72f4a98c8c3 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.