Triple
T19209787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business |
E480325
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Silfen
David Silfen was a prominent businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in finance and his support of higher education, including endowing academic positions at leading business schools.
|
E1364920
|
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: David Silfen | Statement: [David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, namedAfter, David Silfen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Silfen Context triple: [David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, namedAfter, David Silfen]
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A.
Michael Hecht
Michael Hecht is the birth name of Michael Howard, a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Home Secretary.
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B.
Michael Hecht
Michael Hecht is a scientist best known for leading NASA’s MOXIE experiment on the Perseverance rover, which demonstrates in-situ oxygen production on Mars.
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C.
Edward Anhalt
Edward Anhalt was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Panic in the Streets" and "Becket."
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D.
David Rayfiel
David Rayfiel was an American screenwriter known for his frequent uncredited collaborations with director Sydney Pollack on films such as "Three Days of the Condor" and "Out of Africa."
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E.
Michael Jaffe
Michael Jaffe is an American television and film producer known for his work on numerous TV movies, series, and feature films.
- 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: David Silfen Triple: [David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, namedAfter, David Silfen]
Generated description
David Silfen was a prominent businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in finance and his support of higher education, including endowing academic positions at leading business schools.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Silfen Target entity description: David Silfen was a prominent businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in finance and his support of higher education, including endowing academic positions at leading business schools.
-
A.
Michael Hecht
Michael Hecht is the birth name of Michael Howard, a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Home Secretary.
-
B.
Michael Hecht
Michael Hecht is a scientist best known for leading NASA’s MOXIE experiment on the Perseverance rover, which demonstrates in-situ oxygen production on Mars.
-
C.
Edward Anhalt
Edward Anhalt was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Panic in the Streets" and "Becket."
-
D.
David Rayfiel
David Rayfiel was an American screenwriter known for his frequent uncredited collaborations with director Sydney Pollack on films such as "Three Days of the Condor" and "Out of Africa."
-
E.
Michael Jaffe
Michael Jaffe is an American television and film producer known for his work on numerous TV movies, series, and feature films.
- 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_69d8e8cb8c348190b52075823911c869 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5f9a0d1248190953e36e44f0cafdd |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0700e4e994819080d6767be5e974a3 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07029b7580819090126480b5b1213f |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07030deef08190a582bb6f956ef381 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:21 p.m.