Triple

T18725531

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech)	`E457888`	entity
Predicate	appoints	`P257`	FINISHED
Object	President of Virginia Tech The President of Virginia Tech is the chief executive officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership, strategic direction, and administration.	`E1339963`	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: President of Virginia Tech | Statement: [Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech), appoints, President of Virginia Tech]

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

Target entity: President of Virginia Tech
Context triple: [Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech), appoints, President of Virginia Tech]

A. President of Virginia Commonwealth University
The President of Virginia Commonwealth University is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the university’s academic, administrative, and strategic operations.
B. President of George Mason University
The President of George Mason University is the institution’s chief executive officer, responsible for its strategic leadership, academic and financial oversight, and external representation.
C. Duke University President
The Duke University President is the chief executive officer of Duke University, responsible for its overall leadership, strategic direction, and representation to internal and external stakeholders.
D. Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
The Chancellor of the College of William & Mary is a ceremonial leadership role traditionally held by distinguished public figures who serve as symbolic heads and advocates for the historic university.
E. Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
The Chancellor of Vanderbilt University is the institution’s chief executive officer, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and administrative management.
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: President of Virginia Tech
Triple: [Board of Visitors (Virginia Tech), appoints, President of Virginia Tech]

Generated description

The President of Virginia Tech is the chief executive officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership, strategic direction, and administration.

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

Target entity: President of Virginia Tech
Target entity description: The President of Virginia Tech is the chief executive officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership, strategic direction, and administration.

A. President of Virginia Commonwealth University
The President of Virginia Commonwealth University is the chief executive officer responsible for leading the university’s academic, administrative, and strategic operations.
B. President of George Mason University
The President of George Mason University is the institution’s chief executive officer, responsible for its strategic leadership, academic and financial oversight, and external representation.
C. Duke University President
The Duke University President is the chief executive officer of Duke University, responsible for its overall leadership, strategic direction, and representation to internal and external stakeholders.
D. Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
The Chancellor of the College of William & Mary is a ceremonial leadership role traditionally held by distinguished public figures who serve as symbolic heads and advocates for the historic university.
E. Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
The Chancellor of Vanderbilt University is the institution’s chief executive officer, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and administrative management.
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_69d8d393ba9c8190a8b03b04ddbb0a09`	completed	April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e56d72d2c4819080b0d31860976b5e`	completed	April 20, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a05325630e881908720d703b24bcee2`	completed	May 14, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a053402521c8190927afa670fb8e38e`	completed	May 14, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a05349009e481909fb757415468aa70`	completed	May 14, 2026, 2:33 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:50 a.m.