Triple
T4220697
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award |
E94331
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman C. Francis
Norman C. Francis is a prominent American educator and longtime president of Xavier University of Louisiana, widely recognized for his leadership in higher education and civil rights.
|
E447993
|
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: Norman C. Francis | Statement: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Norman C. Francis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman C. Francis Context triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Norman C. Francis]
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A.
Norman Ferguson
Norman Ferguson was an American animator and film director at Walt Disney Studios, best known for his influential work on classic Disney features during the Golden Age of animation.
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B.
Norman B. Ream
Norman B. Ream was an American businessman and financier active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his roles on the boards of major industrial and financial corporations.
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C.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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D.
Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert R. O'Conor was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maryland and later as a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Norman Black
Norman Black is a former American professional basketball player and highly successful coach, best known for his long and decorated career in the Philippine Basketball Association.
- 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: Norman C. Francis Triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Norman C. Francis]
Generated description
Norman C. Francis is a prominent American educator and longtime president of Xavier University of Louisiana, widely recognized for his leadership in higher education and civil rights.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman C. Francis Target entity description: Norman C. Francis is a prominent American educator and longtime president of Xavier University of Louisiana, widely recognized for his leadership in higher education and civil rights.
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A.
Norman Ferguson
Norman Ferguson was an American animator and film director at Walt Disney Studios, best known for his influential work on classic Disney features during the Golden Age of animation.
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B.
Norman B. Ream
Norman B. Ream was an American businessman and financier active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his roles on the boards of major industrial and financial corporations.
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C.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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D.
Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert R. O'Conor was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maryland and later as a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Norman Black
Norman Black is a former American professional basketball player and highly successful coach, best known for his long and decorated career in the Philippine Basketball Association.
- 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_69b3451997e08190851db4a9a588837d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34e0c84548190b051d32d434cbf04 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bd6f783430819094df0bc715f9236d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bd71aecafc8190b0815d0308bbcaa9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bd75f39d788190b9e394050c55f44d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.