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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.