Triple
T2528830
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butler University |
E56105
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ovid Butler
Ovid Butler was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who played a key role in advancing education and social reform in Indiana.
|
E280698
|
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: Ovid Butler | Statement: [Butler University, founder, Ovid Butler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ovid Butler Context triple: [Butler University, founder, Ovid Butler]
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A.
Thomas Barlow Walker
Thomas Barlow Walker was an American lumber baron, art collector, and philanthropist who founded the collection that became the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
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B.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
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C.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
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D.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
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E.
John Billington
John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
- 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: Ovid Butler Triple: [Butler University, founder, Ovid Butler]
Generated description
Ovid Butler was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who played a key role in advancing education and social reform in Indiana.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ovid Butler Target entity description: Ovid Butler was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who played a key role in advancing education and social reform in Indiana.
-
A.
Thomas Barlow Walker
Thomas Barlow Walker was an American lumber baron, art collector, and philanthropist who founded the collection that became the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
-
B.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
-
C.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
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D.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
-
E.
John Billington
John Billington was an English settler best known as one of the Mayflower passengers at Plymouth Colony and the first person executed for murder in what became the United States.
- 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_69ab4a48e4f081908f1218d244608659 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd25903f08190b46e12d32278daca |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af83921d3481909f7bf43b3300056c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af8421dae081909fd8c7ac37cd96f3 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af8487bcac819085b6f5827a48696a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.