Triple
T19479018
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eric Foner |
E487328
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University |
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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 Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University | Statement: [Eric Foner, positionHeld, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University Context triple: [Eric Foner, positionHeld, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University]
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A.
University Professor at Columbia University
University Professor at Columbia University is the highest academic rank at Columbia, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars whose work has had broad, transformative impact across disciplines.
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B.
Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University
The Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s History Department, named in honor of influential historian and librarian Archibald Cary Coolidge.
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C.
Robinson-Edwards Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College
The Robinson-Edwards Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College is an endowed academic chair in the history department at Sarah Lawrence College, once held by pioneering feminist historian Gerda Lerner.
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D.
Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
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E.
Harrington Professor of History
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
- 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 Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University Target entity description: The DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University is a distinguished endowed chair in the university’s history department, long associated with leading scholars of American history such as Eric Foner.
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A.
University Professor at Columbia University
University Professor at Columbia University is the highest academic rank at Columbia, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars whose work has had broad, transformative impact across disciplines.
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B.
Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University
The Archibald Cary Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s History Department, named in honor of influential historian and librarian Archibald Cary Coolidge.
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C.
Robinson-Edwards Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College
The Robinson-Edwards Professor of History at Sarah Lawrence College is an endowed academic chair in the history department at Sarah Lawrence College, once held by pioneering feminist historian Gerda Lerner.
-
D.
Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
-
E.
Harrington Professor of History
Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
- 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_69d8e8d924388190b847cb15bb3d0aff |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e63437b9748190a8fc6bf6b3d90918 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.