Triple

T2466038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Vachon E55249 entity
Predicate educatedAt P5 FINISHED
Object St. Thomas College
St. Thomas College is an educational institution that counts American photographer John Vachon among its alumni.
E269990 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: St. Thomas College | Statement: [John Vachon, educatedAt, St. Thomas College]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Thomas College
Context triple: [John Vachon, educatedAt, St. Thomas College]
  • A. Madras Christian College
    Madras Christian College is a prestigious liberal arts and sciences institution in Chennai, India, known for its historic campus and influential role in Indian higher education.
  • B. St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
    St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli is a prominent Jesuit institution of higher education in Tamil Nadu, India, known for its strong science and arts programs and for having educated former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
  • C. Presidency College, Madras
    Presidency College, Madras is one of India’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions, renowned for its strong programs in science and the humanities and for producing many distinguished alumni.
  • D. Loyola College
    Loyola College was a former Jesuit liberal arts college in Montreal that later became part of Concordia University through an institutional merger.
  • E. Mason Science College
    Mason Science College was a 19th-century scientific and technical college in Birmingham, England, that became a key precursor to the modern University of Birmingham.
  • 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: St. Thomas College
Triple: [John Vachon, educatedAt, St. Thomas College]
Generated description
St. Thomas College is an educational institution that counts American photographer John Vachon among its alumni.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Thomas College
Target entity description: St. Thomas College is an educational institution that counts American photographer John Vachon among its alumni.
  • A. Madras Christian College
    Madras Christian College is a prestigious liberal arts and sciences institution in Chennai, India, known for its historic campus and influential role in Indian higher education.
  • B. St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli
    St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli is a prominent Jesuit institution of higher education in Tamil Nadu, India, known for its strong science and arts programs and for having educated former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
  • C. Presidency College, Madras
    Presidency College, Madras is one of India’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions, renowned for its strong programs in science and the humanities and for producing many distinguished alumni.
  • D. Loyola College
    Loyola College was a former Jesuit liberal arts college in Montreal that later became part of Concordia University through an institutional merger.
  • E. Mason Science College
    Mason Science College was a 19th-century scientific and technical college in Birmingham, England, that became a key precursor to the modern University of Birmingham.
  • 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd122db8881909ef3c0a1df7ff7a5 completed March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af179ccbd081908b7cff0052597e85 completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1909dd588190b0311d0464ad4cda completed March 9, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af19e240148190be7645e1813e0bae completed March 9, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.