Triple

T2017683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ithaca College E44032 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William Egbert
William Egbert was an American educator and administrator best known for establishing Ithaca College in New York.
E258190 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 Egbert | Statement: [Ithaca College, founder, William Egbert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Egbert
Context triple: [Ithaca College, founder, William Egbert]
  • A. William Winde
    William Winde was a 17th-century English architect and designer known for his work on grand country houses and royal residences.
  • B. John Watts
    John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
  • C. Philip Woodruff
    Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
  • D. William Wellington Cairns
    William Wellington Cairns was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland, after whom the Australian city of Cairns is named.
  • E. Charles Bebb
    Charles Bebb was a prominent early 20th-century American architect based in Seattle, known for helping shape the city's skyline through major commercial and landmark buildings.
  • 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 Egbert
Triple: [Ithaca College, founder, William Egbert]
Generated description
William Egbert was an American educator and administrator best known for establishing Ithaca College in New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Egbert
Target entity description: William Egbert was an American educator and administrator best known for establishing Ithaca College in New York.
  • A. William Winde
    William Winde was a 17th-century English architect and designer known for his work on grand country houses and royal residences.
  • B. John Watts
    John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
  • C. Philip Woodruff
    Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
  • D. William Wellington Cairns
    William Wellington Cairns was a 19th-century British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland, after whom the Australian city of Cairns is named.
  • E. Charles Bebb
    Charles Bebb was a prominent early 20th-century American architect based in Seattle, known for helping shape the city's skyline through major commercial and landmark buildings.
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8ce71788190ac21beff10b08122 completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae95eb4db481909ab7507147f1d674 completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96b399608190bfa846c433612142 completed March 9, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae977aac9c8190b5fecd5fea8893fd completed March 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.