Triple

T484619

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Virginia Military Institute	`E9846`	entity
Predicate	adjacentTo	`P224`	FINISHED
Object	Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia, known for its strong undergraduate programs, historic campus, and highly regarded School of Law.	`E70829`	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: Washington and Lee University | Statement: [Virginia Military Institute, adjacentTo, Washington and Lee University]

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

Target entity: Washington and Lee University
Context triple: [Virginia Military Institute, adjacentTo, Washington and Lee University]

A. University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a private liberal arts university known for its strong undergraduate programs, especially in business, leadership, and the liberal arts, and its picturesque campus.
B. University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a prestigious public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson and renowned for its historic campus and strong academic programs.
C. College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary is a historic public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and noted for its strong liberal arts and professional programs.
D. Washington College
Washington College is a historic liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland, known as the first college chartered in the newly independent United States and for its association with George Washington.
E. Shenandoah University
Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
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: Washington and Lee University
Triple: [Virginia Military Institute, adjacentTo, Washington and Lee University]

Generated description

Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia, known for its strong undergraduate programs, historic campus, and highly regarded School of Law.

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

Target entity: Washington and Lee University
Target entity description: Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia, known for its strong undergraduate programs, historic campus, and highly regarded School of Law.

A. University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a private liberal arts university known for its strong undergraduate programs, especially in business, leadership, and the liberal arts, and its picturesque campus.
B. University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a prestigious public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson and renowned for its historic campus and strong academic programs.
C. College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary is a historic public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, recognized as the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and noted for its strong liberal arts and professional programs.
D. Washington College
Washington College is a historic liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland, known as the first college chartered in the newly independent United States and for its association with George Washington.
E. Shenandoah University
Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a2f0ba310c81909645ef7e8a20b52f`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a4efca0f888190add0fe7ab325bfdf`	completed	March 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a4f04c01e0819091b0ea4649ced549`	completed	March 2, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a4f0a8730c8190bb7e0804b2081948`	completed	March 2, 2026, 2:06 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.