Triple

T16136752
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Champlain College E391549 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object G. W. Thompson
G. W. Thompson was an educational pioneer best known for establishing Champlain College in Vermont.
 E1312258 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: G. W. Thompson | Statement: [Champlain College, founder, G. W. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. W. Thompson
Context triple: [Champlain College, founder, G. W. Thompson]
  • A. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • B. A. H. Thompson
    A. H. Thompson was an American geographer and explorer known for his surveys of the Colorado Plateau in the late 19th century.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • E. William J. Thompson
    William J. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Harleigh Cemetery, recognized enough in life or public memory to be listed among its distinguished burials.
  • 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: G. W. Thompson
Triple: [Champlain College, founder, G. W. Thompson]
Generated description
G. W. Thompson was an educational pioneer best known for establishing Champlain College in Vermont.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: G. W. Thompson
Target entity description: G. W. Thompson was an educational pioneer best known for establishing Champlain College in Vermont.
  • A. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • B. A. H. Thompson
    A. H. Thompson was an American geographer and explorer known for his surveys of the Colorado Plateau in the late 19th century.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • E. William J. Thompson
    William J. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Harleigh Cemetery, recognized enough in life or public memory to be listed among its distinguished burials.
  • 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21a05148c8190bc2b98217fda23cc completed April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a039ef5147081908c7cfce314e120b1 completed May 12, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a039fb57d608190a0310a4e2c83852a completed May 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03a07a59f88190a7ddd5b612d1575a completed May 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.