Triple
T4220705
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award |
E94331
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael S. McPherson
Michael S. McPherson is an American economist and higher education leader known for his scholarship on college access and affordability and for serving in prominent academic and philanthropic roles.
|
E427370
|
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: Michael S. McPherson | Statement: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Michael S. McPherson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael S. McPherson Context triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Michael S. McPherson]
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A.
Robert B. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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B.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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C.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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D.
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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E.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
- 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: Michael S. McPherson Triple: [American Council on Education Distinguished Service Award, hasRecipient, Michael S. McPherson]
Generated description
Michael S. McPherson is an American economist and higher education leader known for his scholarship on college access and affordability and for serving in prominent academic and philanthropic roles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael S. McPherson Target entity description: Michael S. McPherson is an American economist and higher education leader known for his scholarship on college access and affordability and for serving in prominent academic and philanthropic roles.
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A.
Robert B. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
-
B.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
-
C.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
-
D.
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
-
E.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
- 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_69b5b77294208190a53d6950dbf36351 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5b84b58a081909618d0c108317f92 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5b8be90c88190a4852c625e326f6b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.