Triple

T1941844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Illinois Willard Airport E41570 entity
Predicate isNamedFor P24365 FINISHED
Object former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard
Arthur C. Willard was an American engineer and academic who served as president of the University of Illinois in the mid-20th century, overseeing significant growth and development of the institution.
 E215739 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: former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard | Statement: [University of Illinois Willard Airport, isNamedFor, former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard
Context triple: [University of Illinois Willard Airport, isNamedFor, former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard]
  • A. Herman C. Krannert
    Herman C. Krannert was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose major gifts to education and the arts led to several prominent institutions bearing his name.
  • B. Clark Kerr
    Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
  • C. John Purdue
    John Purdue was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose financial support and land donations were instrumental in establishing Purdue University in Indiana.
  • D. Stilson Hutchins
    Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
  • E. Theodore M. Hesburgh
    Theodore M. Hesburgh was a prominent American Catholic priest and longtime president of the University of Notre Dame, known for his influential leadership in higher education and civil rights.
  • 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: former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard
Triple: [University of Illinois Willard Airport, isNamedFor, former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard]
Generated description
Arthur C. Willard was an American engineer and academic who served as president of the University of Illinois in the mid-20th century, overseeing significant growth and development of the institution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard
Target entity description: Arthur C. Willard was an American engineer and academic who served as president of the University of Illinois in the mid-20th century, overseeing significant growth and development of the institution.
  • A. Herman C. Krannert
    Herman C. Krannert was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose major gifts to education and the arts led to several prominent institutions bearing his name.
  • B. Clark Kerr
    Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
  • C. John Purdue
    John Purdue was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose financial support and land donations were instrumental in establishing Purdue University in Indiana.
  • D. Stilson Hutchins
    Stilson Hutchins was an American newspaper publisher best known as the founder of The Washington Post.
  • E. Theodore M. Hesburgh
    Theodore M. Hesburgh was a prominent American Catholic priest and longtime president of the University of Notre Dame, known for his influential leadership in higher education and civil rights.
  • 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_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2fc98e881909a539c0ebf842d8b completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3fa84e48190bac4d96aa3c3ec39 completed March 8, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf443579081908c9ed58590b049c2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf4d1b7b88190b1c3f0fe62dc7d1b completed March 8, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.