Triple

T4641180
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science E101658 entity
Predicate hasDepartment P35 FINISHED
Object Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is an academic unit at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science that focuses on research and education in civil infrastructure, structural engineering, and applied mechanics.
E457767 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: Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics | Statement: [Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Context triple: [Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics]
  • A. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic and research unit focused on infrastructure, environmental systems, and urban and regional development.
  • B. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at Sharif University of Technology is a leading Iranian academic unit specializing in education and research across structural, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental engineering disciplines.
  • C. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering is an academic unit at the College of Engineering Pune that focuses on education and research in areas such as structural, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental engineering.
  • D. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at Kyoto University is an academic unit specializing in education and research on the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure and the built environment.
  • E. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the education and research of infrastructure design, construction, and maintenance within Konya Technical University.
  • 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: Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Triple: [Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics]
Generated description
The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is an academic unit at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science that focuses on research and education in civil infrastructure, structural engineering, and applied mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Target entity description: The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics is an academic unit at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science that focuses on research and education in civil infrastructure, structural engineering, and applied mechanics.
  • A. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo is a leading academic and research unit focused on infrastructure, environmental systems, and urban and regional development.
  • B. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at Sharif University of Technology is a leading Iranian academic unit specializing in education and research across structural, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental engineering disciplines.
  • C. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering is an academic unit at the College of Engineering Pune that focuses on education and research in areas such as structural, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental engineering.
  • D. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering at Kyoto University is an academic unit specializing in education and research on the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure and the built environment.
  • E. Department of Civil Engineering
    The Department of Civil Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the education and research of infrastructure design, construction, and maintenance within Konya Technical University.
  • 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_69bd43d3bc7c81908f81fcf380476b0f completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a91b7748190b0b080af76e7b39f completed March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfad2fa588190aa2206ad987c5d70 completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfbc12acc8190b8116a6003abb3e3 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc44536c8190a71e52b0690a7570 completed March 21, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.