Triple

T1586940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Negro College Fund E34086 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Frederick D. Patterson
Frederick D. Patterson was an influential American educator and college president who championed Black higher education and co-founded key institutions supporting historically Black colleges and universities.
E525147 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: Frederick D. Patterson | Statement: [United Negro College Fund, foundedBy, Frederick D. Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick D. Patterson
Context triple: [United Negro College Fund, foundedBy, Frederick D. Patterson]
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • C. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • D. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • 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: Frederick D. Patterson
Triple: [United Negro College Fund, foundedBy, Frederick D. Patterson]
Generated description
Frederick D. Patterson was an influential American educator and college president who championed Black higher education and co-founded key institutions supporting historically Black colleges and universities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick D. Patterson
Target entity description: Frederick D. Patterson was an influential American educator and college president who championed Black higher education and co-founded key institutions supporting historically Black colleges and universities.
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • C. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • D. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9090b3a20819098fdb5605ee739d7 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf856d4d6481908b99610cf52abc76 completed March 22, 2026, 6 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf8632767c8190bdb5c4f6a505169e completed March 22, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf86ab7b988190953cff2d4387f742 completed March 22, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.