Triple

T4928570
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costis Maglaras E110635 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
The David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business is an endowed professorship in business, typically associated with a leading business school such as Columbia Business School.
E480325 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: David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business | Statement: [Costis Maglaras, positionHeld, David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
Context triple: [Costis Maglaras, positionHeld, David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business]
  • A. Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship
    The Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship is a named professorship in entrepreneurship, typically associated with a leading business school and held by a distinguished scholar in the field.
  • B. Knight Professor of Business Journalism
    The Knight Professor of Business Journalism is an endowed academic chair at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism focused on teaching and advancing the coverage of business and economic issues.
  • C. C. Douglas Dillon Professor of International Affairs
    The C. Douglas Dillon Professor of International Affairs is a distinguished academic chair in international relations named in honor of former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and diplomat C. Douglas Dillon.
  • D. Dean of The George Washington University School of Business
    The Dean of The George Washington University School of Business is the chief academic and administrative leader of the university’s business school, overseeing its programs, faculty, and strategic direction.
  • E. Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics
    The Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics is an endowed academic chair in economics, notably held by Nobel laureate Ronald Coase at the University of Chicago.
  • 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: David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
Triple: [Costis Maglaras, positionHeld, David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business]
Generated description
The David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business is an endowed professorship in business, typically associated with a leading business school such as Columbia Business School.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
Target entity description: The David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business is an endowed professorship in business, typically associated with a leading business school such as Columbia Business School.
  • A. Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship
    The Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship is a named professorship in entrepreneurship, typically associated with a leading business school and held by a distinguished scholar in the field.
  • B. Knight Professor of Business Journalism
    The Knight Professor of Business Journalism is an endowed academic chair at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism focused on teaching and advancing the coverage of business and economic issues.
  • C. C. Douglas Dillon Professor of International Affairs
    The C. Douglas Dillon Professor of International Affairs is a distinguished academic chair in international relations named in honor of former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and diplomat C. Douglas Dillon.
  • D. Dean of The George Washington University School of Business
    The Dean of The George Washington University School of Business is the chief academic and administrative leader of the university’s business school, overseeing its programs, faculty, and strategic direction.
  • E. Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics
    The Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics is an endowed academic chair in economics, notably held by Nobel laureate Ronald Coase at the University of Chicago.
  • 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_69bd4415190c8190817bee7ec9f9f944 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7038c12c81908a793b4a8768c28a completed March 20, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be77af13308190b99f3aca0cb44c61 completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be781aa8648190a58587e6f3e04e11 completed March 21, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be78a0bdc88190bd8458658f15f879 completed March 21, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:30 p.m.