Triple

T1767553

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Albany Law School	`E38798`	entity
Predicate	affiliation	`P10`	FINISHED
Object	Union University (historical affiliation) Union University (historical affiliation) was a loose federation of independent higher education institutions in New York State, including Union College and several professional schools, that shared a common charter and governance structure in the 19th and early 20th centuries.	`E198062`	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: Union University (historical affiliation) | Statement: [Albany Law School, affiliation, Union University (historical affiliation)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union University (historical affiliation)
Context triple: [Albany Law School, affiliation, Union University (historical affiliation)]

A. Union College (Kentucky)
Union College (Kentucky) is a small private liberal arts college in Barbourville, Kentucky, known for its undergraduate programs and historic campus in the Appalachian region.
B. University Union
The University Union is the central student hub at California State University, Sacramento, offering dining, meeting spaces, services, and social activities for the campus community.
C. Union Institute
Union Institute was the original name of the educational institution that later evolved into Duke University in North Carolina.
D. Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham-Southern College is a private liberal arts college located in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its rigorous academics and small, residential campus environment.
E. University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a public university in Florence, Alabama, known for its historic campus, strong regional academic programs, and role as the state's oldest four-year public institution.
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: Union University (historical affiliation)
Triple: [Albany Law School, affiliation, Union University (historical affiliation)]

Generated description

Union University (historical affiliation) was a loose federation of independent higher education institutions in New York State, including Union College and several professional schools, that shared a common charter and governance structure in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union University (historical affiliation)
Target entity description: Union University (historical affiliation) was a loose federation of independent higher education institutions in New York State, including Union College and several professional schools, that shared a common charter and governance structure in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A. Union College (Kentucky)
Union College (Kentucky) is a small private liberal arts college in Barbourville, Kentucky, known for its undergraduate programs and historic campus in the Appalachian region.
B. University Union
The University Union is the central student hub at California State University, Sacramento, offering dining, meeting spaces, services, and social activities for the campus community.
C. Union Institute
Union Institute was the original name of the educational institution that later evolved into Duke University in North Carolina.
D. Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham-Southern College is a private liberal arts college located in Birmingham, Alabama, known for its rigorous academics and small, residential campus environment.
E. University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a public university in Florence, Alabama, known for its historic campus, strong regional academic programs, and role as the state's oldest four-year public institution.
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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69aa648bb44c81909245fb7ee23cb132`	completed	March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ada991564c81909ae00fdcb47f52af`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69adab0295b8819092cb51082337b97b`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69adaea486d0819097357d881b70d114`	completed	March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.