Triple
T2404503
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
E50244
|
entity |
| Predicate | founders |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Boynton
John Boynton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist best known for helping to establish Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
|
E262936
|
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 Boynton | Statement: [Worcester Polytechnic Institute, founders, John Boynton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Boynton Context triple: [Worcester Polytechnic Institute, founders, John Boynton]
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A.
Arthur H. Gorson
Arthur H. Gorson is a film and music producer known for his work on projects such as the horror film "Cronos" and for collaborating with notable directors and musicians.
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B.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
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C.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
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D.
Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
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E.
William Beaudine
William Beaudine was a highly prolific American film and television director whose career spanned from the silent era through the 1960s, encompassing hundreds of low-budget features and TV episodes.
- 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 Boynton Triple: [Worcester Polytechnic Institute, founders, John Boynton]
Generated description
John Boynton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist best known for helping to establish Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Boynton Target entity description: John Boynton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist best known for helping to establish Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
-
A.
Arthur H. Gorson
Arthur H. Gorson is a film and music producer known for his work on projects such as the horror film "Cronos" and for collaborating with notable directors and musicians.
-
B.
John Norville
John Norville is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the story for Disney's adventure film "Jungle Cruise."
-
C.
Joseph Borden McKean
Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
-
D.
Basil Embry
Basil Embry was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer and World War II air commander who later became Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
-
E.
William Beaudine
William Beaudine was a highly prolific American film and television director whose career spanned from the silent era through the 1960s, encompassing hundreds of low-budget features and TV episodes.
- 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_69aeb3e740c88190872aa1a7834d73b0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeb4b942b08190addc2885fbda0e41 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeb557247c8190920ce3a5db388800 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.