Triple
T1504422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University College London |
E33866
|
entity |
| Predicate | provost |
P217
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Spence
Michael Spence is an Australian legal scholar and university leader who has served as the head of major universities, including University College London.
|
E172064
|
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: Michael Spence | Statement: [University College London, provost, Michael Spence]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Spence Context triple: [University College London, provost, Michael Spence]
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A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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B.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
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C.
David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
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D.
Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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E.
Edward C. Prescott
Edward C. Prescott was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on real business cycle theory and time consistency in economic policy.
- 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: Michael Spence Triple: [University College London, provost, Michael Spence]
Generated description
Michael Spence is an Australian legal scholar and university leader who has served as the head of major universities, including University College London.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Spence Target entity description: Michael Spence is an Australian legal scholar and university leader who has served as the head of major universities, including University College London.
-
A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
-
B.
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic leader known for serving as dean of Columbia Business School and as a former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
-
C.
David Romer
David Romer is an influential American macroeconomist known for his work on New Keynesian economics, advanced macroeconomic theory, and widely used graduate-level textbooks.
-
D.
Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
-
E.
Edward C. Prescott
Edward C. Prescott was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on real business cycle theory and time consistency in economic policy.
- 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_69a885f352a4819099b24ff15489dede |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a88731a8f081908b8facef7b602c02 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad233464b08190927694a8f236227b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad2399f8408190872be9c2f04644ca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad247476d08190827501ff5b380646 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:24 p.m.