Triple

T8332880
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter van Inwagen E195112 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
E726001 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: John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy | Statement: [Peter van Inwagen, positionHeld, John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
Context triple: [Peter van Inwagen, positionHeld, John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy]
  • A. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
    The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
  • B. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • C. Ralph McInerny
    Ralph McInerny was an American philosopher, Thomist scholar, and novelist best known for his work on medieval philosophy and his long tenure teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
  • D. John Courtney Murray
    John Courtney Murray was an American Jesuit priest and theologian best known for shaping modern Catholic thought on religious freedom and church–state relations, particularly through his influence on the Second Vatican Council.
  • E. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
    The Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford, historically associated with leading figures in analytic philosophy.
  • 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: John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
Triple: [Peter van Inwagen, positionHeld, John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy]
Generated description
The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy
Target entity description: The John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair in the philosophy department at the University of Notre Dame.
  • A. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy
    The John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of Notre Dame held by leading scholars such as Alvin Plantinga.
  • B. Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy
    The Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy is a distinguished endowed chair at the University of California, Berkeley, held by leading scholars such as Bernard Williams.
  • C. Ralph McInerny
    Ralph McInerny was an American philosopher, Thomist scholar, and novelist best known for his work on medieval philosophy and his long tenure teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
  • D. John Courtney Murray
    John Courtney Murray was an American Jesuit priest and theologian best known for shaping modern Catholic thought on religious freedom and church–state relations, particularly through his influence on the Second Vatican Council.
  • E. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
    The Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy is a prestigious endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford, historically associated with leading figures in analytic philosophy.
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fbce4048190838b5bca8e7b219c completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95d19178819090815692e847c4e0 completed April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdab61d00c81909ce2c0d718a2dc1a completed April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb2ef889c8190af6efb9473f8804c completed April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.