Triple

T5616182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Faculty of Science (Western University) E147482 entity
Predicate hasDepartment P35 FINISHED
Object Department of Biology (Western University)
The Department of Biology at Western University is an academic unit within the Faculty of Science that focuses on research and education in the biological sciences, including areas such as ecology, genetics, physiology, and molecular biology.
E537063 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 Biology (Western University) | Statement: [Faculty of Science (Western University), hasDepartment, Department of Biology (Western University)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Biology (Western University)
Context triple: [Faculty of Science (Western University), hasDepartment, Department of Biology (Western University)]
  • A. Department of Biology (York University)
    The Department of Biology at York University is an academic unit specializing in biological sciences education and research, offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the university’s Faculty of Science.
  • B. Department of Biology (McGill University)
    The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
  • C. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences at Osaka University is an academic unit within the Graduate School of Science dedicated to research and education in the biological sciences, spanning molecular to organismal and ecological biology.
  • D. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences is an academic division of the Indian Institute of Science that focuses on research and education in the life sciences.
  • E. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences is an academic unit within Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science that focuses on research and education in the life sciences.
  • 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 Biology (Western University)
Triple: [Faculty of Science (Western University), hasDepartment, Department of Biology (Western University)]
Generated description
The Department of Biology at Western University is an academic unit within the Faculty of Science that focuses on research and education in the biological sciences, including areas such as ecology, genetics, physiology, and molecular biology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Biology (Western University)
Target entity description: The Department of Biology at Western University is an academic unit within the Faculty of Science that focuses on research and education in the biological sciences, including areas such as ecology, genetics, physiology, and molecular biology.
  • A. Department of Biology (York University)
    The Department of Biology at York University is an academic unit specializing in biological sciences education and research, offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the university’s Faculty of Science.
  • B. Department of Biology (McGill University)
    The Department of Biology at McGill University is a major academic unit specializing in research and education across diverse areas of biological sciences, from molecular and cellular biology to ecology and evolution.
  • C. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences at Osaka University is an academic unit within the Graduate School of Science dedicated to research and education in the biological sciences, spanning molecular to organismal and ecological biology.
  • D. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences is an academic division of the Indian Institute of Science that focuses on research and education in the life sciences.
  • E. Department of Biological Sciences
    The Department of Biological Sciences is an academic unit within Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science that focuses on research and education in the life sciences.
  • 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_69c00905d4588190bd967842bbcf2219 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c021da7f848190bb1cd0270ad6398f completed March 22, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d55b95c8190a5f3e2c05249c136 completed March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04ed9159481909adeb9228ce59d0e completed March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f7b889c81909db7cb4baf40ed80 completed March 22, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.