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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.