Triple

T19852537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Lily Kenan Flagler E477034 entity
Predicate hasRelative P367 FINISHED
Object William Rand Kenan Jr.
William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist who became a major benefactor of the University of North Carolina and other educational institutions.
E1398425 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: William Rand Kenan Jr. | Statement: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, William Rand Kenan Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rand Kenan Jr.
Context triple: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, William Rand Kenan Jr.]
  • A. James B. Erwin
    James B. Erwin was a prominent local figure in North Carolina, likely a landowner or community leader, after whom the town of Erwin was named.
  • B. Frank H. T. Rhodes
    Frank H. T. Rhodes was a prominent geologist and long-serving president of Cornell University, widely recognized for his leadership in higher education and public service.
  • C. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • D. E. J. Ourso
    E. J. Ourso was a prominent Louisiana businessman and philanthropist whose name is notably associated with the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University.
  • E. Ray M. Bowen
    Ray M. Bowen is an American engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to engineering education and research administration, which earned him recognition such as the Arthur M. Bueche Award.
  • 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: William Rand Kenan Jr.
Triple: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, William Rand Kenan Jr.]
Generated description
William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist who became a major benefactor of the University of North Carolina and other educational institutions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rand Kenan Jr.
Target entity description: William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist who became a major benefactor of the University of North Carolina and other educational institutions.
  • A. James B. Erwin
    James B. Erwin was a prominent local figure in North Carolina, likely a landowner or community leader, after whom the town of Erwin was named.
  • B. Frank H. T. Rhodes
    Frank H. T. Rhodes was a prominent geologist and long-serving president of Cornell University, widely recognized for his leadership in higher education and public service.
  • C. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • D. E. J. Ourso
    E. J. Ourso was a prominent Louisiana businessman and philanthropist whose name is notably associated with the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University.
  • E. Ray M. Bowen
    Ray M. Bowen is an American engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to engineering education and research administration, which earned him recognition such as the Arthur M. Bueche Award.
  • 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_69d8e51d39d081909bcfafeaaf3d2fcc completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65869e1b481908e2a2a2074ff4a6d completed April 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d44098188190b2627bbf3695495d completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d51bda3c81908575cd41a212c108 completed May 16, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d5d982a88190b27218a8aea3d1ef completed May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.