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I was looking up ございます in デジタル大辞泉. I found an odd sentence example

> （２）（補助動詞）補助動詞「ある」の意の丁寧語。「すでにお願いして―・す」「いかがお過ごしで―・しょうか」「 **ただ今ご紹介いただいた田中で―・す**
> 」「おめでとう―・す」「いっそ死にとう―・す」

I'm puzzled why でございます is used in「ただ今ご紹介いただいた田中でございます」. Since the speaker is
referring to 田中, not himself, he should use 尊敬語. Thus, he should use
でいらっしゃいます, not でございます. でございます is used for inanimate objects, right?

Also, I wonder who is doing 紹介 in this sentence? 田中?
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Understanding でございます in「ただ今ご紹介いただいた田中でございます」
Tanaka is the speaker here. でございます is also a humble form of です. Someone who
merits the use (by Tanaka) of the honorific ご紹介いただく has just introduced him to
an audience and he has now taken the turn to introduce himself.

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[EDIT]

My explanation above was misleading. ご紹介いただく is also a humble expression for
紹介してもらう.
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