Triple
T23258243
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gerhard Weinberg |
E581930
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History |
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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: William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History | Statement: [Gerhard Weinberg, positionHeld, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History Context triple: [Gerhard Weinberg, positionHeld, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History]
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A.
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.
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B.
Sather Professorship of History
The Sather Professorship of History is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to eminent historians in recognition of their scholarly excellence.
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C.
Gary B. Nash Professor of American History
The Gary B. Nash Professor of American History is a distinguished academic chair named in honor of historian Gary B. Nash, typically held by a leading scholar of United States history.
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D.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- 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: William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History Target entity description: The William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair awarded to a leading historian, typically at a major U.S. university, in recognition of exceptional scholarship and teaching.
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A.
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.
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B.
Sather Professorship of History
The Sather Professorship of History is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, awarded to eminent historians in recognition of their scholarly excellence.
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C.
Gary B. Nash Professor of American History
The Gary B. Nash Professor of American History is a distinguished academic chair named in honor of historian Gary B. Nash, typically held by a leading scholar of United States history.
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D.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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E.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
- 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_69e246079f58819085eaa9c260906880 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f194c710c48190aff03d210642a043 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:11 p.m.