Triple

T3864057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maya Angelou E91806 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University
The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
E395450 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: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University | Statement: [Maya Angelou, positionHeld, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University
Context triple: [Maya Angelou, positionHeld, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University]
  • A. Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
    The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
  • B. Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
    The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
  • C. University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
    University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
  • D. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • 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.
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: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University
Triple: [Maya Angelou, positionHeld, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University]
Generated description
The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University
Target entity description: The Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University is a distinguished academic chair in American culture and society once held by renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou.
  • A. Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University
    The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University is a distinguished endowed chair in the humanities, notably held by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison.
  • B. Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University
    The Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in political science historically associated with leading scholars such as Samuel P. Huntington.
  • C. University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech
    University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech is a prestigious academic title awarded to select faculty members at Virginia Tech in recognition of exceptional scholarly achievement, teaching, and service.
  • D. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University
    The Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair reserved for a distinguished scholar of university-wide stature.
  • 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 (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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec3871d881909c6c8e6d08203801 completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5123ad9188190a158721a6192cdae completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51336c5f8819096b0b6cee47e48e3 completed March 14, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b513b11dcc8190a2c2e3f27b4cf25e completed March 14, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.