Triple
T8997721
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglas Hofstadter |
E214960
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor |
E214963
|
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: College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor | Statement: [Douglas Hofstadter, positionHeld, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Context triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, positionHeld, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor]
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A.
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
chosen
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor is an honorary academic title recognizing exceptional scholarly achievement and impact within a university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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B.
Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor
The Henry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago awarded to scholars of exceptional distinction in their fields.
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C.
S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor
The S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago named in honor of Nobel laureate astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
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D.
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
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E.
Alva O. Way University Professor
The Alva O. Way University Professor is a distinguished endowed professorship at Brown University held by eminent historian Gordon S. Wood.
- 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68e0d3588190bdab0e2b86b09228 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd0d586c881909090b424f6fd036f |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.