Triple

T2851380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of South Dakota E63098 entity
Predicate president P8 FINISHED
Object Sheila Gestring
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
E303141 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: Sheila Gestring | Statement: [University of South Dakota, president, Sheila Gestring]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Gestring
Context triple: [University of South Dakota, president, Sheila Gestring]
  • A. Margaret Bell Ervin
    Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
  • B. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • C. Henrietta Hill Swope
    Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
  • D. Constance Frances Marie Ockelman
    Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, better known as Veronica Lake, was a popular American film actress of the 1940s famed for her sultry screen presence and iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
  • E. Linda Louise Eastman
    Linda Louise Eastman was an American photographer, animal rights activist, and musician best known as Linda McCartney, the wife and artistic collaborator of Paul McCartney.
  • 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: Sheila Gestring
Triple: [University of South Dakota, president, Sheila Gestring]
Generated description
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Gestring
Target entity description: Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
  • A. Margaret Bell Ervin
    Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
  • B. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • C. Henrietta Hill Swope
    Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
  • D. Constance Frances Marie Ockelman
    Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, better known as Veronica Lake, was a popular American film actress of the 1940s famed for her sultry screen presence and iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
  • E. Linda Louise Eastman
    Linda Louise Eastman was an American photographer, animal rights activist, and musician best known as Linda McCartney, the wife and artistic collaborator of Paul McCartney.
  • 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_69ab4c407c408190857d25e027155ce9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdf5ca2648190bd32c6ec4b0dd3b6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe8e23694819089b38a10e1bc2f03 completed March 10, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afea2358b88190a91ef389f5a98cea completed March 10, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0035854e88190a8750b3291aa41c4 completed March 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.