Triple

T4433415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Volker Campus E95587 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Volker
William Volker was an early 20th-century Kansas City businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive charitable work and support of public institutions, including higher education.
E440595 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: William Volker | Statement: [Volker Campus, namedAfter, William Volker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Volker
Context triple: [Volker Campus, namedAfter, William Volker]
  • A. Peter Anspach
    Peter Anspach was one of the early New York brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • B. Philip Holzer
    Philip Holzer is a German investment banker and football executive best known for serving as chairman of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • C. Anthony Kilhoffer
    Anthony Kilhoffer is a Grammy-winning American record producer and audio engineer known for his extensive work with artists like Kanye West and other major hip-hop and pop acts.
  • D. Michael Kohl
    Michael Kohl was an East German diplomat and politician who played a key role in negotiating the 1972 Basic Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
  • E. Robert M. Speer
    Robert M. Speer was an American public official who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) and later as acting Secretary of the Army.
  • 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: William Volker
Triple: [Volker Campus, namedAfter, William Volker]
Generated description
William Volker was an early 20th-century Kansas City businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive charitable work and support of public institutions, including higher education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Volker
Target entity description: William Volker was an early 20th-century Kansas City businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive charitable work and support of public institutions, including higher education.
  • A. Peter Anspach
    Peter Anspach was one of the early New York brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • B. Philip Holzer
    Philip Holzer is a German investment banker and football executive best known for serving as chairman of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • C. Anthony Kilhoffer
    Anthony Kilhoffer is a Grammy-winning American record producer and audio engineer known for his extensive work with artists like Kanye West and other major hip-hop and pop acts.
  • D. Michael Kohl
    Michael Kohl was an East German diplomat and politician who played a key role in negotiating the 1972 Basic Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
  • E. Robert M. Speer
    Robert M. Speer was an American public official who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) and later as acting Secretary of the Army.
  • 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_69b3453ea2b48190a26f154b3b8fece5 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35587bc048190aee8e0ed94b6e064 completed March 13, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b6137171148190b77a6f783d5cf315 completed March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6177d1a588190991fddf506239d22 completed March 15, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b61b6bc1448190b30d444a821bb1a5 completed March 15, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:31 p.m.