Triple

T14724357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ahmadu Bello University E345897 entity
Predicate foundingViceChancellor P115527 FINISHED
Object Norman Alexander
Norman Alexander was a New Zealand-born physicist and academic administrator who became a pioneering university leader in several Commonwealth countries, notably in West Africa and Southeast Asia.
E1115363 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: Norman Alexander | Statement: [Ahmadu Bello University, foundingViceChancellor, Norman Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Alexander
Context triple: [Ahmadu Bello University, foundingViceChancellor, Norman Alexander]
  • A. Arthur Calwell
    Arthur Calwell was an Australian Labor Party politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and is best known for his role as the country’s first Minister for Immigration after World War II.
  • B. Arthur Deakin
    Arthur Deakin was a prominent British trade union leader who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century labor relations in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Sir Arthur Fadden
    Sir Arthur Fadden was an Australian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1941 and long-time leader of the Country Party.
  • D. H. V. Evatt
    H. V. Evatt was an Australian politician, jurist, and diplomat who served as President of the United Nations General Assembly and as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
  • E. Sir John McEwen
    Sir John McEwen was an Australian politician who briefly served as the country’s 18th Prime Minister following the disappearance of Harold Holt.
  • 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: Norman Alexander
Triple: [Ahmadu Bello University, foundingViceChancellor, Norman Alexander]
Generated description
Norman Alexander was a New Zealand-born physicist and academic administrator who became a pioneering university leader in several Commonwealth countries, notably in West Africa and Southeast Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Alexander
Target entity description: Norman Alexander was a New Zealand-born physicist and academic administrator who became a pioneering university leader in several Commonwealth countries, notably in West Africa and Southeast Asia.
  • A. Arthur Calwell
    Arthur Calwell was an Australian Labor Party politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and is best known for his role as the country’s first Minister for Immigration after World War II.
  • B. Arthur Deakin
    Arthur Deakin was a prominent British trade union leader who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century labor relations in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Sir Arthur Fadden
    Sir Arthur Fadden was an Australian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1941 and long-time leader of the Country Party.
  • D. H. V. Evatt
    H. V. Evatt was an Australian politician, jurist, and diplomat who served as President of the United Nations General Assembly and as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
  • E. Sir John McEwen
    Sir John McEwen was an Australian politician who briefly served as the country’s 18th Prime Minister following the disappearance of Harold Holt.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundingViceChancellor
Context triple: [Ahmadu Bello University, foundingViceChancellor, Norman Alexander]
  • A. hasViceChancellor
    Indicates that one entity serves as the vice chancellor of another entity.
  • B. foundingChancellor
    Indicates that a person served as the first (original) chancellor at the founding of an institution or organization.
  • C. servedAsViceChancellorUntil
    Indicates that an individual held the position of vice chancellor up to a specified end date or time period.
  • D. principalAndViceChancellor
    Indicates that one entity holds the role of principal while also serving as the vice chancellor of an institution in relation to another entity.
  • E. startTimeAsViceChancellor
    Indicates the date and time at which an individual began serving in the role of Vice Chancellor.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec25e9a14819081fa06fc601f295d completed April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf09791e081908a1262717fd31445 completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf32c1ec48190b28fb67e00b87fcd completed May 8, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf3cfd7b48190b5d6177c5bf0e42e completed May 8, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de657e174481909da0437556334a04 completed April 14, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69de716d3aac8190aaa6dc1f099b86e8 completed April 14, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.