Triple

T21125021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Carey E520535 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Merton Professor of English Literature — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Merton Professor of English Literature | Statement: [John Carey, positionHeld, Merton Professor of English Literature]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merton Professor of English Literature
Context triple: [John Carey, positionHeld, Merton Professor of English Literature]
  • A. Merton Professor of English Language and Literature chosen
    The Merton Professor of English Language and Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford specializing in the study and teaching of English language and literary scholarship.
  • B. Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature
    The Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of English literature.
  • C. Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
    The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of Old English language and literature.
  • D. Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford
    The Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is a prestigious, elected academic post traditionally held by distinguished poets and critics who deliver public lectures and contribute to the university’s literary life.
  • E. Vinerian Professor of English Law
    The Vinerian Professor of English Law is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the teaching and development of English common law.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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_69e0b50a623881909c0bbaf4f2c055e7 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e72237c1a4819090987c645114d452 completed April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.