Triple

T3706314

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bernard Williams	`E80901`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.	`E382794`	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: Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy | Statement: [Bernard Williams, positionHeld, Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
Context triple: [Bernard Williams, positionHeld, Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy]

A. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
B. Jellema Chair in Philosophy
The Jellema Chair in Philosophy is a distinguished endowed professorship in philosophy, notably held by Alvin Plantinga at Calvin College.
C. 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.
D. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
E. Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics
The Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago held by philosopher and legal scholar Martha Nussbaum, recognizing exceptional contributions at the intersection of law, philosophy, and ethics.
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: Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
Triple: [Bernard Williams, positionHeld, Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy]

Generated description

The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
Target entity description: The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.

A. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
B. Jellema Chair in Philosophy
The Jellema Chair in Philosophy is a distinguished endowed professorship in philosophy, notably held by Alvin Plantinga at Calvin College.
C. 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.
D. Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
E. Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics
The Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago held by philosopher and legal scholar Martha Nussbaum, recognizing exceptional contributions at the intersection of law, philosophy, and ethics.
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_69ad8b1793888190a5f70e4b21dc05a1`	completed	March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69adc54ce1788190ac000793cbdaba48`	completed	March 8, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b4cdfe77a481908880d0a4a5946656`	completed	March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b4cfcf3bd08190a372be19017adcd0`	completed	March 14, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b4d0bb861c8190a8540198a47c13c1`	completed	March 14, 2026, 3:06 a.m.

Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.