Triple

T4630926

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Northern Illinois University	`E101413`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and financial and administrative affairs.	`E457674`	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: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University | Statement: [Northern Illinois University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Context triple: [Northern Illinois University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University]

A. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, finances, and strategic direction of the University of Illinois system.
B. Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
C. Northwestern University Board of Trustees
The Northwestern University Board of Trustees is the governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
D. Board of Trustees of Chicago State University
The Board of Trustees of Chicago State University is the governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, policies, and financial and administrative affairs.
E. University of Chicago Board of Trustees
The University of Chicago Board of Trustees is the university’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Triple: [Northern Illinois University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University]

Generated description

The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and financial and administrative affairs.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Target entity description: The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and financial and administrative affairs.

A. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, finances, and strategic direction of the University of Illinois system.
B. Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
C. Northwestern University Board of Trustees
The Northwestern University Board of Trustees is the governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
D. Board of Trustees of Chicago State University
The Board of Trustees of Chicago State University is the governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, policies, and financial and administrative affairs.
E. University of Chicago Board of Trustees
The University of Chicago Board of Trustees is the university’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd5a32d6408190962e60b9bce7560d`	completed	March 20, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69bdfab992148190a1b1dfa33b971d11`	completed	March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69bdfb56021081909b23d22770bf3c88`	completed	March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bdfbf15f1481908b76bcdd37ebd4ce`	completed	March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.