Triple

T9303509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven Levitt E223824 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
The William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago held by prominent economist Steven Levitt, known for his work popularized in "Freakonomics."
 E790049 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: William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics | Statement: [Steven Levitt, positionHeld, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Context triple: [Steven Levitt, positionHeld, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics]
  • A. John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
    The John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago, held by leading economists recognized for their influential contributions to economic theory and research.
  • B. Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
    The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, held by leading economists recognized for their significant contributions to economic research.
  • C. Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics
    The Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics is an endowed academic chair in economics, notably held by Nobel laureate Ronald Coase at the University of Chicago.
  • D. Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics
    The Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate economist Paul A. Samuelson.
  • E. Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics
    The Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed academic chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held by leading economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee.
  • 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: William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Triple: [Steven Levitt, positionHeld, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics]
Generated description
The William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago held by prominent economist Steven Levitt, known for his work popularized in "Freakonomics."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
Target entity description: The William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago held by prominent economist Steven Levitt, known for his work popularized in "Freakonomics."
  • A. John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
    The John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Chicago, held by leading economists recognized for their influential contributions to economic theory and research.
  • B. Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
    The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, held by leading economists recognized for their significant contributions to economic research.
  • C. Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics
    The Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics is an endowed academic chair in economics, notably held by Nobel laureate Ronald Coase at the University of Chicago.
  • D. Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics
    The Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology named in honor of Nobel laureate economist Paul A. Samuelson.
  • E. Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics
    The Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics is a prestigious endowed academic chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held by leading economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee.
  • 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_69ca8424d0f08190831e2e93c6533aeb completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd08d4c5e48190aa8c744a158e5fbb completed April 1, 2026, noon
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0b26ae3c881909e88f0253e73f0ea completed April 4, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0b3ba0bd88190873816ec7e7929a7 completed April 4, 2026, 6:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0b49ec4c88190a48909e7022d7e60 completed April 4, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:36 p.m.