Triple

T140601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stanford University E2841 entity
Predicate founders P104 FINISHED
Object Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.
E31248 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Leland Stanford | Statement: [Stanford University, founders, Leland Stanford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leland Stanford
Context triple: [Stanford University, founders, Leland Stanford]
  • A. Andrew Smith Hallidie
    Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
  • B. William Newsom
    William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
  • C. James J. Hill
    James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John Sutter
    John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
  • E. Thomas M. Carnegie
    Thomas M. Carnegie was an American industrialist and the younger brother and business partner of Andrew Carnegie, who played a key role in building the Carnegie steel empire in the late 19th century.
  • 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: Leland Stanford
Triple: [Stanford University, founders, Leland Stanford]
Generated description
Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leland Stanford
Target entity description: Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.
  • A. Andrew Smith Hallidie
    Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
  • B. William Newsom
    William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
  • C. James J. Hill
    James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John Sutter
    John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
  • E. Thomas M. Carnegie
    Thomas M. Carnegie was an American industrialist and the younger brother and business partner of Andrew Carnegie, who played a key role in building the Carnegie steel empire in the late 19th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: founders
Context triple: [Stanford University, founders, Leland Stanford]
  • A. founder chosen
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • B. foundedWith
    Indicates that an entity was established or created together with another entity, typically as co-founders or jointly initiated partners.
  • C. cofounderOf
    Indicates that a person jointly established or created an organization, company, or project with one or more other founders.
  • D. foundedFor
    Indicates that an entity was established or created specifically to serve, support, or benefit another entity or purpose.
  • E. foundedAs
    Indicates the original name or form under which an organization, institution, or entity was first established.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257c7e79c8190b3e5a2983035a972 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3695789388190bb91b6247d16c2bc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a369d2b56c8190a6381b2da3e42e18 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36a9f31408190b8f0e8273ff3a298 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2565426c08190aab68e34a6a2d60e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.