Triple

T18396153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard N. Frye E449874 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations is an academic department at Harvard University dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, history, and cultures of the ancient and modern Near East.
E1322234 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: Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | Statement: [Richard N. Frye, employer, Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Context triple: [Richard N. Frye, employer, Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations]
  • A. Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
    The Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies is an academic center dedicated to researching and teaching the languages, history, and cultures of the ancient Near East.
  • B. Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University
    The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, literatures, histories, and cultures of East Asia.
  • C. Harvard-Yenching Institute
    The Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation affiliated with Harvard University that supports advanced research and education in Asian studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
  • D. Harvard University Department of History
    The Harvard University Department of History is a leading academic department within Harvard University renowned for its research and teaching on global, political, social, and intellectual history.
  • E. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
    The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study and teaching of Slavic languages, literatures, and cultures, including Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and others.
  • 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: Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Triple: [Richard N. Frye, employer, Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations]
Generated description
The Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations is an academic department at Harvard University dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, history, and cultures of the ancient and modern Near East.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Target entity description: The Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations is an academic department at Harvard University dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, history, and cultures of the ancient and modern Near East.
  • A. Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
    The Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies is an academic center dedicated to researching and teaching the languages, history, and cultures of the ancient Near East.
  • B. Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University
    The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study and teaching of the languages, literatures, histories, and cultures of East Asia.
  • C. Harvard-Yenching Institute
    The Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation affiliated with Harvard University that supports advanced research and education in Asian studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
  • D. Harvard University Department of History
    The Harvard University Department of History is a leading academic department within Harvard University renowned for its research and teaching on global, political, social, and intellectual history.
  • E. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
    The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University is an academic department dedicated to the study and teaching of Slavic languages, literatures, and cultures, including Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and others.
  • 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_69d8b9fab8a8819086a9ddc0871715e0 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51846bb4c8190990f42a792a78ee0 completed April 19, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03e240976c8190bcdeb3913cc32336 completed May 13, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03e2e51660819085ec36e697e94e6a completed May 13, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03e39ae800819082963203b07d9042 completed May 13, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:46 a.m.