Triple

T4526237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old Dominion University E106183 entity
Predicate president P8 FINISHED
Object Brian O. Hemphill
Brian O. Hemphill is an American academic administrator and higher education leader known for serving as president of multiple universities, including Old Dominion University.
 E525189 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: Brian O. Hemphill | Statement: [Old Dominion University, president, Brian O. Hemphill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian O. Hemphill
Context triple: [Old Dominion University, president, Brian O. Hemphill]
  • A. Mark Lavon Helm
    Mark Lavon Helm was an American drummer, singer, and actor best known as the soulful, Southern-accented voice and multi-instrumentalist of the rock group The Band.
  • B. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • C. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • D. Michael C. Hurley
    Michael C. Hurley is a former CIA operations officer and counterterrorism expert who served as a senior investigator for the 9/11 Commission.
  • E. Michael E. Hurley
    Michael E. Hurley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hurley, though detailed public information about his life or work is not widely documented.
  • 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: Brian O. Hemphill
Triple: [Old Dominion University, president, Brian O. Hemphill]
Generated description
Brian O. Hemphill is an American academic administrator and higher education leader known for serving as president of multiple universities, including Old Dominion University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian O. Hemphill
Target entity description: Brian O. Hemphill is an American academic administrator and higher education leader known for serving as president of multiple universities, including Old Dominion University.
  • A. Mark Lavon Helm
    Mark Lavon Helm was an American drummer, singer, and actor best known as the soulful, Southern-accented voice and multi-instrumentalist of the rock group The Band.
  • B. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • C. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • D. Michael C. Hurley
    Michael C. Hurley is a former CIA operations officer and counterterrorism expert who served as a senior investigator for the 9/11 Commission.
  • E. Michael E. Hurley
    Michael E. Hurley is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hurley, though detailed public information about his life or work is not widely documented.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57760f4481908f69ce82be63d7f8 completed March 20, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf856d4d6481908b99610cf52abc76 completed March 22, 2026, 6 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf8632767c8190bdb5c4f6a505169e completed March 22, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf86ab7b988190953cff2d4387f742 completed March 22, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.