Triple

T352589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duke University E7474 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object James Buchanan Duke
James Buchanan Duke was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune from tobacco and electric power helped establish and endow Duke University.
E50683 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: James Buchanan Duke | Statement: [Duke University, namedAfter, James Buchanan Duke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Duke
Context triple: [Duke University, namedAfter, James Buchanan Duke]
  • A. Pierre S. du Pont
    Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
  • B. David Carnegie
    David Carnegie is a Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist from the prominent Carnegie family, known for his business ventures and charitable activities.
  • C. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • D. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
    Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was an American businessman and sportsman from the prominent Vanderbilt dynasty, best remembered for his wealth, philanthropy, and death in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.
  • E. Ethel du Pont
    Ethel du Pont was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent du Pont family who became widely known for her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
  • 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: James Buchanan Duke
Triple: [Duke University, namedAfter, James Buchanan Duke]
Generated description
James Buchanan Duke was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune from tobacco and electric power helped establish and endow Duke University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Duke
Target entity description: James Buchanan Duke was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune from tobacco and electric power helped establish and endow Duke University.
  • A. Pierre S. du Pont
    Pierre S. du Pont was an American industrialist and executive who led the DuPont Company and General Motors, playing a major role in early 20th-century corporate and architectural development.
  • B. David Carnegie
    David Carnegie is a Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist from the prominent Carnegie family, known for his business ventures and charitable activities.
  • C. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • D. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
    Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was an American businessman and sportsman from the prominent Vanderbilt dynasty, best remembered for his wealth, philanthropy, and death in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.
  • E. Ethel du Pont
    Ethel du Pont was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent du Pont family who became widely known for her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb7f1be88190964ddcbb6a05f021 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4103814b4819095c9e8c6c3702d96 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a41081bef48190beb03b5b1ce55784 completed March 1, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a410d633f48190ab4c0b5076d746e9 completed March 1, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.