Triple
T403464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Princeton Theological Seminary |
E9333
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. Gresham Machen
J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
|
E53198
|
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: J. Gresham Machen | Statement: [Princeton Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, J. Gresham Machen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Gresham Machen Context triple: [Princeton Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, J. Gresham Machen]
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A.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
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B.
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and long-time Princeton professor known for his influential Reformed theology and the multi-volume "Systematic Theology."
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C.
Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer was a prominent 20th-century evangelical theologian, philosopher, and apologist known for his influential writings on Christianity and Western culture and for founding the L'Abri community in Switzerland.
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D.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
- 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: J. Gresham Machen Triple: [Princeton Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, J. Gresham Machen]
Generated description
J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Gresham Machen Target entity description: J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
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A.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
-
B.
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and long-time Princeton professor known for his influential Reformed theology and the multi-volume "Systematic Theology."
-
C.
Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer was a prominent 20th-century evangelical theologian, philosopher, and apologist known for his influential writings on Christianity and Western culture and for founding the L'Abri community in Switzerland.
-
D.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eca226fc81909d6ccc38a637daa6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4254075388190af8fd09d037f427c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4261531ac8190aa879bf38bfd9371 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4267b09b4819085db5e073cc19360 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.