Triple
T4971011
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Adam Ulam |
E111647
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
|
E483713
|
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: Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University | Statement: [Adam Ulam, positionHeld, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University Context triple: [Adam Ulam, positionHeld, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University]
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A.
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.
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B.
University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University
The Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair currently held by Seyla Benhabib, a prominent scholar known for her work in political theory, ethics, and democratic theory.
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D.
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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E.
Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in art history at Harvard, historically associated with leading scholars such as Charles Eliot Norton.
- 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: Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University Triple: [Adam Ulam, positionHeld, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University]
Generated description
The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University Target entity description: The Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University is a distinguished endowed chair awarded to a leading scholar whose work bridges historical analysis and political science.
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A.
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.
-
B.
University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a prominent American political scientist and international relations scholar best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and his influential work on U.S. foreign policy.
-
C.
Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University
The Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University is a prestigious endowed chair currently held by Seyla Benhabib, a prominent scholar known for her work in political theory, ethics, and democratic theory.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University
The Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in art history at Harvard, historically associated with leading scholars such as Charles Eliot Norton.
- 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_69bd441a0eb481908050fa4273b19eae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7213bf0081909b3c496f1804dc4c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be81fa9108819089a6258e3a88f0cb |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be8386d2fc8190a450b42dd5ac6963 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be841d148881908aa53953bd2eb024 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.