Triple

T2404455
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University E50243 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Shinn
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
E372212 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: John Shinn | Statement: [Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, foundedBy, John Shinn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Shinn
Context triple: [Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, foundedBy, John Shinn]
  • A. Ed Scott
    Ed Scott is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of BEA Systems, a major enterprise software company later acquired by Oracle.
  • B. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • C. Matthew Aldrich
    Matthew Aldrich is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar’s Academy Award–winning animated film "Coco."
  • D. John Hager
    John Hager was an American Republican politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and later held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Education and the Republican National Committee.
  • E. Joe Dougherty
    Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
  • 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: John Shinn
Triple: [Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, foundedBy, John Shinn]
Generated description
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Shinn
Target entity description: John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
  • A. Ed Scott
    Ed Scott is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of BEA Systems, a major enterprise software company later acquired by Oracle.
  • B. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • C. Matthew Aldrich
    Matthew Aldrich is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Pixar’s Academy Award–winning animated film "Coco."
  • D. John Hager
    John Hager was an American Republican politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and later held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Education and the Republican National Committee.
  • E. Joe Dougherty
    Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
  • 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc8fa151081909bc6be528b29b315 completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402a702a081909319ba32990fa010 completed March 13, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b40335a05c8190b51414f284bd6429 completed March 13, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b40a6bd4888190a26989e5f6770e2c completed March 13, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.