Triple

T2349980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bertrand H. Snell E47423 entity
Predicate educated at P5 FINISHED
Object Potsdam Normal School
Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
 E259133 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: Potsdam Normal School | Statement: [Bertrand H. Snell, educated at, Potsdam Normal School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Potsdam Normal School
Context triple: [Bertrand H. Snell, educated at, Potsdam Normal School]
  • A. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • B. Durham State Normal School
    Durham State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Durham, North Carolina, that evolved from the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua to focus on preparing educators.
  • C. Warrensburg Teachers College
    Warrensburg Teachers College was a Missouri-based teacher-training institution best known for educating influential self-improvement author and lecturer Dale Carnegie.
  • D. Normal School No. 2
    Normal School No. 2 was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Central Missouri.
  • E. South School
    South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
  • 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: Potsdam Normal School
Triple: [Bertrand H. Snell, educated at, Potsdam Normal School]
Generated description
Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Potsdam Normal School
Target entity description: Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
  • A. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • B. Durham State Normal School
    Durham State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Durham, North Carolina, that evolved from the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua to focus on preparing educators.
  • C. Warrensburg Teachers College
    Warrensburg Teachers College was a Missouri-based teacher-training institution best known for educating influential self-improvement author and lecturer Dale Carnegie.
  • D. Normal School No. 2
    Normal School No. 2 was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Central Missouri.
  • E. South School
    South School is a public elementary school serving early-grade students in the New Canaan, Connecticut community.
  • 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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc6cfffc88190b49433f52581420e completed March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae962cb7988190bb2bb23191acf6ae completed March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae9a035b70819096f2d556fb14313b completed March 9, 2026, 9:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae9af22c688190b1c8bb169f5658ca completed March 9, 2026, 10:03 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.