Triple

T19618050
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Ransby E470918 entity
Predicate affiliation P10 FINISHED
Object Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago is an academic unit dedicated to interdisciplinary research and teaching on the histories, cultures, and politics of people of African descent in the United States and across the African diaspora.
E1386930 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: Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago | Statement: [Barbara Ransby, affiliation, Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Context triple: [Barbara Ransby, affiliation, Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago]
  • A. Department of African and African American Studies (Brandeis University)
    The Department of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of African and African-descended peoples in the United States and around the world.
  • B. Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA
    The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA is a leading academic research institute dedicated to the study of African American history, culture, and contemporary issues, promoting scholarship, policy analysis, and community engagement.
  • C. Department of Africana Studies (University of Arizona)
    The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Arizona is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, and experiences of people of African descent.
  • D. Department of Pan-African Studies
    The Department of Pan-African Studies is an academic unit focused on the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of people of African descent in Africa and the global diaspora.
  • E. Center for the Study of Race and Law
    The Center for the Study of Race and Law is an academic center at the University of Virginia School of Law dedicated to research, teaching, and public engagement on the intersections of race and legal systems.
  • 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: Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Triple: [Barbara Ransby, affiliation, Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago]
Generated description
The Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago is an academic unit dedicated to interdisciplinary research and teaching on the histories, cultures, and politics of people of African descent in the United States and across the African diaspora.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Target entity description: The Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago is an academic unit dedicated to interdisciplinary research and teaching on the histories, cultures, and politics of people of African descent in the United States and across the African diaspora.
  • A. Department of African and African American Studies (Brandeis University)
    The Department of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of African and African-descended peoples in the United States and around the world.
  • B. Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA
    The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA is a leading academic research institute dedicated to the study of African American history, culture, and contemporary issues, promoting scholarship, policy analysis, and community engagement.
  • C. Department of Africana Studies (University of Arizona)
    The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Arizona is an academic unit dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the histories, cultures, and experiences of people of African descent.
  • D. Department of Pan-African Studies
    The Department of Pan-African Studies is an academic unit focused on the histories, cultures, politics, and experiences of people of African descent in Africa and the global diaspora.
  • E. Center for the Study of Race and Law
    The Center for the Study of Race and Law is an academic center at the University of Virginia School of Law dedicated to research, teaching, and public engagement on the intersections of race and legal systems.
  • 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_69d8e510fa248190b7afb274a1d4cf73 completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e640e346548190b12e38d716bdfc4f completed April 20, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0771b607a481908f1ef27fd21ab249 completed May 15, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0776c2482c8190b00e10c793506bcd completed May 15, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0777879ed0819096df261fa6178796 completed May 15, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.