Triple
T21663426
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Steiner |
E534648
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature |
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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: Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature | Statement: [George Steiner, positionHeld, Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature Context triple: [George Steiner, positionHeld, Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature]
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A.
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
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.
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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.
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C.
Sather Professorship of Classical Literature
The Sather Professorship of Classical Literature is a distinguished visiting lectureship at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to leading scholars of ancient Greek and Roman culture and texts.
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D.
William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
The William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University is an endowed academic chair in Duke’s Comparative Literature program, notably held by influential literary and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson.
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E.
Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge
The Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge is a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the advanced study and teaching of European literature from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
- 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: Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature Target entity description: The Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature is a prestigious academic chair at the University of Oxford dedicated to the study and teaching of literature across languages and cultures.
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A.
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
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.
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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.
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C.
Sather Professorship of Classical Literature
The Sather Professorship of Classical Literature is a distinguished visiting lectureship at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to leading scholars of ancient Greek and Roman culture and texts.
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D.
William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
The William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University is an endowed academic chair in Duke’s Comparative Literature program, notably held by influential literary and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson.
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E.
Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge
The Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge is a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the advanced study and teaching of European literature from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
- 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_69e0c467e1f48190af2650b19175abc4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef6c0956e0819093b4794418efe052 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.