Triple

T12290651
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cotton Tufts E292948 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tufts
Tufts is a surname most prominently associated with the Tufts family of New England, including figures like physician Cotton Tufts and the namesake benefactors of Tufts University.
E989333 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: Tufts | Statement: [Cotton Tufts, familyName, Tufts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tufts
Context triple: [Cotton Tufts, familyName, Tufts]
  • A. Tufts College
    Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
  • B. Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
    Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences is the liberal arts and sciences division of Tufts University, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and arts.
  • C. Boston University
    Boston University is a major private research university in Boston known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to scholarship and innovation.
  • D. Harvard
    Harvard is a small city in McHenry County, Illinois, known as the northwestern terminus of Chicago’s Metra commuter rail service.
  • E. Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus
    Tufts University’s Medford/Somerville campus is the university’s main hilltop campus just outside Boston, housing its central academic, residential, and administrative facilities.
  • 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: Tufts
Triple: [Cotton Tufts, familyName, Tufts]
Generated description
Tufts is a surname most prominently associated with the Tufts family of New England, including figures like physician Cotton Tufts and the namesake benefactors of Tufts University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tufts
Target entity description: Tufts is a surname most prominently associated with the Tufts family of New England, including figures like physician Cotton Tufts and the namesake benefactors of Tufts University.
  • A. Tufts College
    Tufts College is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, known for its strong programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and international relations.
  • B. Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
    Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences is the liberal arts and sciences division of Tufts University, offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and arts.
  • C. Boston University
    Boston University is a major private research university in Boston known for its comprehensive academic programs and significant contributions to scholarship and innovation.
  • D. Harvard
    Harvard is a small city in McHenry County, Illinois, known as the northwestern terminus of Chicago’s Metra commuter rail service.
  • E. Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus
    Tufts University’s Medford/Somerville campus is the university’s main hilltop campus just outside Boston, housing its central academic, residential, and administrative facilities.
  • 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_69d6ab690ad081908c0ed3870ec82d53 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91d22ba488190914342fa7e69e159 completed April 10, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6555c73208190a8846a5db1a6802e completed May 2, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6566dccc0819085e059c7b0288f6c completed May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f657b1b13c8190984300f24c0b2083 completed May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.