Triple
T6149933
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Joseph Sylvester |
E137173
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford |
E300828
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford | Statement: [James Joseph Sylvester, positionHeld, Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford Context triple: [James Joseph Sylvester, positionHeld, Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford]
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A.
Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford
chosen
The Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford is a historic endowed chair in mathematics, established in the 17th century as one of the university’s most prestigious professorships in geometry.
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B.
Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
The Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in mathematics at Oxford, historically held by some of the world’s leading mathematicians.
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C.
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
The Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford is a prestigious endowed chair in pure mathematics historically held by leading figures such as Sir Roger Penrose.
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D.
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
The Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in pure mathematics held by some of the university’s most distinguished mathematicians.
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E.
Gresham Professor of Geometry
Gresham Professor of Geometry is a prestigious academic chair at Gresham College in London, historically associated with leading mathematicians and scientists who deliver free public lectures on geometry and related fields.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05ce329648190a03ba0233df841fa |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c13608944481909e22df6131a06e41 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.