Triple

T1004506
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Founders Library E21678 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Howard University Libraries
Howard University Libraries is the academic library system of Howard University, providing research resources, services, and archival collections that support the university’s teaching, learning, and scholarship.
E123723 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: Howard University Libraries | Statement: [Founders Library, operator, Howard University Libraries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard University Libraries
Context triple: [Founders Library, operator, Howard University Libraries]
  • A. Howard University
    Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
  • B. W. E. B. Du Bois Library
    The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the main academic library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its distinctive high-rise design and extensive research collections.
  • C. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
    The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is a major research library, based at Northwestern University, renowned for its extensive collections on Africa and the African diaspora.
  • D. Widener Library
    Widener Library is Harvard University's principal humanities and social sciences library and one of the largest university libraries in the world.
  • E. Harvard Library
    Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
  • 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: Howard University Libraries
Triple: [Founders Library, operator, Howard University Libraries]
Generated description
Howard University Libraries is the academic library system of Howard University, providing research resources, services, and archival collections that support the university’s teaching, learning, and scholarship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard University Libraries
Target entity description: Howard University Libraries is the academic library system of Howard University, providing research resources, services, and archival collections that support the university’s teaching, learning, and scholarship.
  • A. Howard University
    Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
  • B. W. E. B. Du Bois Library
    The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the main academic library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for its distinctive high-rise design and extensive research collections.
  • C. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
    The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is a major research library, based at Northwestern University, renowned for its extensive collections on Africa and the African diaspora.
  • D. Widener Library
    Widener Library is Harvard University's principal humanities and social sciences library and one of the largest university libraries in the world.
  • E. Harvard Library
    Harvard Library is the extensive academic library system of Harvard University, recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive research library networks in the world.
  • 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_69a493c53e648190ae8cb76c433fd9a7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4ff614081909478500ada1f5059 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac428db9bc81909304802e2b50686c completed March 7, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4311f7f08190ae86aacb7f2103d7 completed March 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac43891ed88190a5b8b51341e98929 completed March 7, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.