Triple
T1857614
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University |
E41739
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study, teaching, and research of Romance languages, literatures, and cultures such as French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
|
E207918
|
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: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University | Statement: [Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University, partOf, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University Context triple: [Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University, partOf, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University]
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A.
Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
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B.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
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C.
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic division specializing in the study and research of European and global languages, their literatures, cultures, and linguistic structures.
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D.
Harvard University Department of History
The Harvard University Department of History is a leading academic department within Harvard University renowned for its research and teaching on global, political, social, and intellectual history.
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E.
Department of Neo-Latin, University of Cambridge
The Department of Neo-Latin at the University of Cambridge is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Latin language and literature from the Renaissance to the modern era.
- 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: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University Triple: [Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University, partOf, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University]
Generated description
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study, teaching, and research of Romance languages, literatures, and cultures such as French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University Target entity description: The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study, teaching, and research of Romance languages, literatures, and cultures such as French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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A.
Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, historically associated with leading scholars such as poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
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B.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University is the main academic division that oversees Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and several other schools, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences teaching and research.
-
C.
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge
The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic division specializing in the study and research of European and global languages, their literatures, cultures, and linguistic structures.
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D.
Harvard University Department of History
The Harvard University Department of History is a leading academic department within Harvard University renowned for its research and teaching on global, political, social, and intellectual history.
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E.
Department of Neo-Latin, University of Cambridge
The Department of Neo-Latin at the University of Cambridge is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of Latin language and literature from the Renaissance to the modern era.
- 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_69a8864a83848190a4ec02721306c511 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb07fc5f08190a195a2f24d7b858a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69add1cb5b708190a0b89b157ea9da58 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69add2729498819082f6595c57f545a8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69add32c32b08190be6624eefa2fa386 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.