Triple

T2037688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fred Brooks E44669 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
E229844 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: Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Statement: [Fred Brooks, positionHeld, Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Context triple: [Fred Brooks, positionHeld, Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]
  • A. Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
    The Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, known for having been held by pioneering computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science
    The Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science is an endowed academic professorship in computer science, notably held by cryptographer Leonard Adleman.
  • D. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • E. John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics
    The John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University recognizing exceptional contributions to applied and computational mathematics.
  • 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: Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Triple: [Fred Brooks, positionHeld, Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]
Generated description
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Target entity description: The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
  • A. Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
    The Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, known for having been held by pioneering computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra.
  • B. Institute Professor at MIT
    Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
  • C. Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science
    The Henry Salvatori Chair in Computer Science is an endowed academic professorship in computer science, notably held by cryptographer Leonard Adleman.
  • D. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an academic position held by faculty members who teach, conduct research, and contribute to scholarship at the renowned science and engineering-focused university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • E. John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics
    The John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair at Princeton University recognizing exceptional contributions to applied and computational mathematics.
  • 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb95062c481908058d6da35337680 completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1ff63de081908795a95c998dd9ac completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20a6ce14819098007416d6377f2e completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2130ba448190b91f590a348ebf88 completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.