Triple

T370002
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yale Bulldogs E8246 entity
Predicate usesMascot P52 FINISHED
Object Handsome Dan
Handsome Dan is the live bulldog mascot and enduring symbol of Yale University's athletic teams and school spirit.
 E47563 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: Handsome Dan | Statement: [Yale Bulldogs, usesMascot, Handsome Dan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Handsome Dan
Context triple: [Yale Bulldogs, usesMascot, Handsome Dan]
  • A. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • B. Blatch
    Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
  • C. Hippo Vaughn
    Hippo Vaughn was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his standout seasons with the Chicago Cubs, including a key role in their 1918 pennant-winning campaign.
  • D. Dennis
    Dennis is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic charm, and popular summer tourism.
  • E. Tommy Hawk
    Tommy Hawk is the anthropomorphic hawk mascot of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, known for entertaining fans with energetic antics at games and community events.
  • 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: Handsome Dan
Triple: [Yale Bulldogs, usesMascot, Handsome Dan]
Generated description
Handsome Dan is the live bulldog mascot and enduring symbol of Yale University's athletic teams and school spirit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Handsome Dan
Target entity description: Handsome Dan is the live bulldog mascot and enduring symbol of Yale University's athletic teams and school spirit.
  • A. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • B. Blatch
    Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
  • C. Hippo Vaughn
    Hippo Vaughn was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his standout seasons with the Chicago Cubs, including a key role in their 1918 pennant-winning campaign.
  • D. Dennis
    Dennis is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic charm, and popular summer tourism.
  • E. Tommy Hawk
    Tommy Hawk is the anthropomorphic hawk mascot of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, known for entertaining fans with energetic antics at games and community events.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebfdb0608190b1794a871d0d237a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f4da5b2881909f71546e714c7883 completed March 1, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f544f4d48190ae1adb4b0f1fd438 completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f5932d888190bb1444d6372b1294 completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.