Triple

T20093394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nancy Zimpher E496333 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Zimpher
Zimpher is the surname of Nancy Zimpher, an American academic leader best known for serving as chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY).
E1412298 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: Zimpher | Statement: [Nancy Zimpher, familyName, Zimpher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zimpher
Context triple: [Nancy Zimpher, familyName, Zimpher]
  • A. Zayton
    Zayton is the historical name used by medieval Arab and European traders for the major Chinese port city of Quanzhou, once one of the world’s busiest maritime trade centers.
  • B. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • C. Silliphant
    Silliphant is a surname most notably associated with Stirling Silliphant, the Academy Award–winning American screenwriter known for works like "In the Heat of the Night."
  • D. Zagi
    Zagi is a meticulously composed figurative painting by British artist Euan Uglow, exemplifying his precise, measured approach to depicting the human form.
  • E. Geiselwind
    Geiselwind is a small municipality in the Kitzingen district of Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural setting and proximity to major transport routes like the A3 motorway.
  • 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: Zimpher
Triple: [Nancy Zimpher, familyName, Zimpher]
Generated description
Zimpher is the surname of Nancy Zimpher, an American academic leader best known for serving as chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zimpher
Target entity description: Zimpher is the surname of Nancy Zimpher, an American academic leader best known for serving as chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY).
  • A. Zayton
    Zayton is the historical name used by medieval Arab and European traders for the major Chinese port city of Quanzhou, once one of the world’s busiest maritime trade centers.
  • B. Shafroth
    Shafroth is a surname most notably associated with John F. Shafroth, an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Colorado in the early 20th century.
  • C. Silliphant
    Silliphant is a surname most notably associated with Stirling Silliphant, the Academy Award–winning American screenwriter known for works like "In the Heat of the Night."
  • D. Zagi
    Zagi is a meticulously composed figurative painting by British artist Euan Uglow, exemplifying his precise, measured approach to depicting the human form.
  • E. Geiselwind
    Geiselwind is a small municipality in the Kitzingen district of Bavaria, Germany, known for its rural setting and proximity to major transport routes like the A3 motorway.
  • 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_69da626eee3881909f3454986d4a6511 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6666a7a94819080ebabfba9762f97 completed April 20, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a082707c7908190a3889541ea8a650b completed May 16, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08285238908190b7e6e53792586cc5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08290a0574819093eae877eb2e0495 completed May 16, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:23 p.m.