Triple
T20858645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Odell Lovett |
E513551
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate
The Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate were the governing body responsible for administering William Marsh Rice’s fortune and founding what became Rice University in Houston, Texas.
|
E1454568
|
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: Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate | Statement: [Edgar Odell Lovett, appointedBy, Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate Context triple: [Edgar Odell Lovett, appointedBy, Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate]
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A.
William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose fortune endowed and led to the creation of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Page Family Foundation
The Page Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization established by Google co-founder Larry Page to support initiatives in areas such as education, scientific research, and global problem-solving.
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C.
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
The Sid W. Richardson Foundation is a Texas-based philanthropic organization that provides major grants to support education, health, human services, and cultural initiatives.
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D.
Johns Hopkins University trustees
The Johns Hopkins University trustees are the governing board responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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E.
Houston Endowment Inc.
Houston Endowment Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation based in Houston, Texas, that provides grants to support education, the arts, community development, and other civic initiatives in the region.
- 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: Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate Triple: [Edgar Odell Lovett, appointedBy, Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate]
Generated description
The Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate were the governing body responsible for administering William Marsh Rice’s fortune and founding what became Rice University in Houston, Texas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate Target entity description: The Trustees of the William Marsh Rice estate were the governing body responsible for administering William Marsh Rice’s fortune and founding what became Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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A.
William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose fortune endowed and led to the creation of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Page Family Foundation
The Page Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization established by Google co-founder Larry Page to support initiatives in areas such as education, scientific research, and global problem-solving.
-
C.
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
The Sid W. Richardson Foundation is a Texas-based philanthropic organization that provides major grants to support education, health, human services, and cultural initiatives.
-
D.
Johns Hopkins University trustees
The Johns Hopkins University trustees are the governing board responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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E.
Houston Endowment Inc.
Houston Endowment Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation based in Houston, Texas, that provides grants to support education, the arts, community development, and other civic initiatives in the region.
- 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_69e0b4f5b01081909452f654d2fc3f50 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c3a9fd7881908ae4c5c63f64efc0 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a090b0d847481908e4108d8bff97655 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 12:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a090ba60a848190a451883326a0c198 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 12:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a090fd62538819095c04324d3714371 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.