Triple
T17060344
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michigan State Normal School |
E413938
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles McKenny
Charles McKenny was an American educator and college administrator who served as president of Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in the early 20th century.
|
E1248686
|
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: Charles McKenny | Statement: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Charles McKenny]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles McKenny Context triple: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Charles McKenny]
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A.
Robert McDermott
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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B.
Ken McCulloch
Ken McCulloch is a Scottish hotelier best known for founding the Malmaison and Dakota hotel brands.
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C.
Bill Baird
Bill Baird is an American musician and experimental artist known for his work in psychedelic and avant-garde music projects.
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D.
Bob Feerick
Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
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E.
Paul Syverson
Paul Syverson is a computer scientist and cryptographer best known as one of the original designers of onion routing, the privacy technology underlying the Tor anonymity network.
- 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: Charles McKenny Triple: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Charles McKenny]
Generated description
Charles McKenny was an American educator and college administrator who served as president of Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles McKenny Target entity description: Charles McKenny was an American educator and college administrator who served as president of Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in the early 20th century.
-
A.
Robert McDermott
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
-
B.
Ken McCulloch
Ken McCulloch is a Scottish hotelier best known for founding the Malmaison and Dakota hotel brands.
-
C.
Bill Baird
Bill Baird is an American musician and experimental artist known for his work in psychedelic and avant-garde music projects.
-
D.
Bob Feerick
Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
-
E.
Paul Syverson
Paul Syverson is a computer scientist and cryptographer best known as one of the original designers of onion routing, the privacy technology underlying the Tor anonymity network.
- 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3db7d2dc48190816388570fa31c2e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012349b2c88190a5c5e06a5cae1ac5 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a012585a1548190a112f55e2d84ccac |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0126536c348190b9b2eadb4969f8c2 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.