Triple

T13334694

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Provost of Howard University	`E317658`	entity
Predicate	worksWith	`P398`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Trustees of Howard University The Board of Trustees of Howard University is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall administration.	`E1035487`	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: Board of Trustees of Howard University | Statement: [Provost of Howard University, worksWith, Board of Trustees of Howard University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Howard University
Context triple: [Provost of Howard University, worksWith, Board of Trustees of Howard University]

A. Board of Trustees of North Carolina Central University
The Board of Trustees of North Carolina Central University is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall administration.
B. Board of Trustees of George Washington University
The Board of Trustees of George Washington University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall governance.
C. Howard University
Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
D. Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem State University
The Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem State University is the institution’s primary governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and fiduciary affairs.
E. Board of Regents of Morgan State University
The Board of Regents of Morgan State University is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Morgan State University.
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: Board of Trustees of Howard University
Triple: [Provost of Howard University, worksWith, Board of Trustees of Howard University]

Generated description

The Board of Trustees of Howard University is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall administration.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Howard University
Target entity description: The Board of Trustees of Howard University is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall administration.

A. Board of Trustees of North Carolina Central University
The Board of Trustees of North Carolina Central University is the institution’s governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall administration.
B. Board of Trustees of George Washington University
The Board of Trustees of George Washington University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall governance.
C. Howard University
Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
D. Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem State University
The Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem State University is the institution’s primary governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and fiduciary affairs.
E. Board of Regents of Morgan State University
The Board of Regents of Morgan State University is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Morgan State University.
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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a`	completed	April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d99cff44e08190b9583baf0b626e42`	completed	April 11, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f71f39f298819088d79cda3ac2b375`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f7204ac36c8190a04e921442489e9c`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f7221887208190ac98945a023bc496`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:23 a.m.

Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:30 p.m.