Triple

T1867096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Birmingham E34945 entity
Predicate viceChancellor P142 FINISHED
Object Adam Tickell
Adam Tickell is a British academic and university leader known for serving as Vice-Chancellor of major UK universities, including the University of Birmingham.
E210671 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: Adam Tickell | Statement: [University of Birmingham, viceChancellor, Adam Tickell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Tickell
Context triple: [University of Birmingham, viceChancellor, Adam Tickell]
  • A. Isaac Shelby
    Isaac Shelby was an American Revolutionary War officer and statesman who became the first governor of Kentucky and a prominent early leader in the western frontier.
  • B. William R. Davie
    William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
  • C. Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
  • D. Abraham Eustis
    Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and artillery commander after whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
  • E. George Troup
    George Troup was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as a U.S. senator and governor, known for his strong states’ rights stance and controversial role in Native American removal policies.
  • 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: Adam Tickell
Triple: [University of Birmingham, viceChancellor, Adam Tickell]
Generated description
Adam Tickell is a British academic and university leader known for serving as Vice-Chancellor of major UK universities, including the University of Birmingham.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Tickell
Target entity description: Adam Tickell is a British academic and university leader known for serving as Vice-Chancellor of major UK universities, including the University of Birmingham.
  • A. Isaac Shelby
    Isaac Shelby was an American Revolutionary War officer and statesman who became the first governor of Kentucky and a prominent early leader in the western frontier.
  • B. William R. Davie
    William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.
  • C. Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
  • D. Abraham Eustis
    Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and artillery commander after whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
  • E. George Troup
    George Troup was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as a U.S. senator and governor, known for his strong states’ rights stance and controversial role in Native American removal policies.
  • 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb0b5978c81909390f2cbd716ccaf completed March 7, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf5163d88190a41df4c8f4e196f0 completed March 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ade3146c80819080503bb501abca3a completed March 8, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ade37080fc81908aa4eaf9aded9e59 completed March 8, 2026, 9 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.