Triple

T20918387
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Towson University E515136 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object State Teachers College at Towson
State Teachers College at Towson was the earlier name of what is now Towson University, a Maryland institution that began as a teachers’ college before expanding into a comprehensive public university.
E515136 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: State Teachers College at Towson | Statement: [Towson University, formerName, State Teachers College at Towson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Teachers College at Towson
Context triple: [Towson University, formerName, State Teachers College at Towson]
  • A. Towson University
    Towson University is a public research university in Towson, Maryland, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and competitive NCAA Division I athletics.
  • B. Central State Teachers College
    Central State Teachers College was a former name of Central Michigan University during its early years as a teacher-training institution.
  • C. State Teachers College
    State Teachers College was the earlier institutional name of what is now the University of Southern Mississippi, a public research university in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
  • D. New York College for the Training of Teachers
    New York College for the Training of Teachers was the original name of what is now Teachers College, Columbia University, a pioneering institution in professional teacher education.
  • E. Pennsylvania State College for Teachers
    Pennsylvania State College for Teachers was a teacher-training institution in Pennsylvania that educated future educators, including notable alumni such as entertainer Gene Kelly.
  • 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: State Teachers College at Towson
Triple: [Towson University, formerName, State Teachers College at Towson]
Generated description
State Teachers College at Towson was the earlier name of what is now Towson University, a Maryland institution that began as a teachers’ college before expanding into a comprehensive public university.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Teachers College at Towson
Target entity description: State Teachers College at Towson was the earlier name of what is now Towson University, a Maryland institution that began as a teachers’ college before expanding into a comprehensive public university.
  • A. Towson University chosen
    Towson University is a public research university in Towson, Maryland, known for its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs and competitive NCAA Division I athletics.
  • B. Central State Teachers College
    Central State Teachers College was a former name of Central Michigan University during its early years as a teacher-training institution.
  • C. State Teachers College
    State Teachers College was the earlier institutional name of what is now the University of Southern Mississippi, a public research university in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
  • D. New York College for the Training of Teachers
    New York College for the Training of Teachers was the original name of what is now Teachers College, Columbia University, a pioneering institution in professional teacher education.
  • E. Pennsylvania State College for Teachers
    Pennsylvania State College for Teachers was a teacher-training institution in Pennsylvania that educated future educators, including notable alumni such as entertainer Gene Kelly.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4f9d5ec8190bb2bd27350ed341c completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6ec647028819082031eb706a62ad5 completed April 21, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a091fc6e5188190b1c7cd65c737da56 completed May 17, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0920eafb048190a93885530a357b83 completed May 17, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0921b56d3881908c7d71c11bc3b925 completed May 17, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m.