Triple

T5710994
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Faculty of Applied Science (UBC) E125907 entity
Predicate hasAcademicUnit P1488 FINISHED
Object Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)
The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit focused on the study, development, and application of materials for engineering and technological innovation.
E541546 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 Materials Engineering (UBC) | Statement: [Faculty of Applied Science (UBC), hasAcademicUnit, Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)
Context triple: [Faculty of Applied Science (UBC), hasAcademicUnit, Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)]
  • A. Department of Materials Engineering
    The Department of Materials Engineering is an academic and research unit at the Indian Institute of Science specializing in the study and development of materials and their applications in science and engineering.
  • B. Department of Materials Engineering
    The Department of Materials Engineering is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo focused on research and education in the science, design, and engineering of advanced materials.
  • C. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit focused on studying and developing materials and their properties for engineering and technological applications.
  • D. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the research and education of materials science and engineering disciplines within Hefei University of Technology.
  • E. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in materials research and education within Northeastern University in China.
  • 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 Materials Engineering (UBC)
Triple: [Faculty of Applied Science (UBC), hasAcademicUnit, Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)]
Generated description
The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit focused on the study, development, and application of materials for engineering and technological innovation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Materials Engineering (UBC)
Target entity description: The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit focused on the study, development, and application of materials for engineering and technological innovation.
  • A. Department of Materials Engineering
    The Department of Materials Engineering is an academic and research unit at the Indian Institute of Science specializing in the study and development of materials and their applications in science and engineering.
  • B. Department of Materials Engineering
    The Department of Materials Engineering is an academic unit at the University of Tokyo focused on research and education in the science, design, and engineering of advanced materials.
  • C. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit focused on studying and developing materials and their properties for engineering and technological applications.
  • D. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the research and education of materials science and engineering disciplines within Hefei University of Technology.
  • E. School of Materials Science and Engineering
    The School of Materials Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in materials research and education within Northeastern University in China.
  • 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_69c0082d6fe48190b777fb383769e5c8 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0248df1a8819091e9f3c80dba3f54 completed March 22, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a72181081909209a38c3ff7460b completed March 22, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05cd2dea88190bc79ca0a7709e7ca completed March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05d8c85f88190a1a962794eeecd8d completed March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:46 p.m.