Triple

T162187
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rice Owls E3311 entity
Predicate mascot P52 FINISHED
Object Sammy the Owl
Sammy the Owl is the costumed owl mascot representing Rice University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
 E20382 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: Sammy the Owl | Statement: [Rice Owls, mascot, Sammy the Owl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sammy the Owl
Context triple: [Rice Owls, mascot, Sammy the Owl]
  • A. Kestrel
    Kestrel is a pressure-fed, liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by SpaceX for the second stage of its early Falcon 1 launch vehicle.
  • B. Tim the Beaver
    Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
  • C. Screech
    Screech is the bald eagle mascot of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • D. Baldwin the Eagle
    Baldwin the Eagle is the costumed eagle mascot who represents Boston College at its athletic events and school functions.
  • E. Easter Bunny
    The Easter Bunny is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, typically depicted as a rabbit that brings and hides decorated eggs for children to find.
  • 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: Sammy the Owl
Triple: [Rice Owls, mascot, Sammy the Owl]
Generated description
Sammy the Owl is the costumed owl mascot representing Rice University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sammy the Owl
Target entity description: Sammy the Owl is the costumed owl mascot representing Rice University’s athletic teams and school spirit.
  • A. Kestrel
    Kestrel is a pressure-fed, liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by SpaceX for the second stage of its early Falcon 1 launch vehicle.
  • B. Tim the Beaver
    Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
  • C. Screech
    Screech is the bald eagle mascot of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • D. Baldwin the Eagle
    Baldwin the Eagle is the costumed eagle mascot who represents Boston College at its athletic events and school functions.
  • E. Easter Bunny
    The Easter Bunny is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, typically depicted as a rabbit that brings and hides decorated eggs for children to find.
  • 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_69a2527757ec819090b8becb2cf1a862 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2585877648190a2ec320182a69343 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db53aaf081909577b743e3660e5c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2dbc0d1a881908d47bb4ebe2e3a26 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2dc307978819091019dff30f84e57 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.