Triple

T609902
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northwestern University E12074 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John Evans
John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
E112893 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: John Evans | Statement: [Northwestern University, founder, John Evans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Evans
Context triple: [Northwestern University, founder, John Evans]
  • A. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. James Rogers
    James Rogers is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields, including politics, academia, sports, and the arts.
  • C. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • D. Ted Cheesman
    Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Bryan Foy
    Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
  • 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: John Evans
Triple: [Northwestern University, founder, John Evans]
Generated description
John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Evans
Target entity description: John Evans was a 19th-century American physician, politician, and railroad developer who served as governor of the Colorado Territory and played a key role in the founding of Northwestern University.
  • A. John Sullivan
    John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. James Rogers
    James Rogers is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields, including politics, academia, sports, and the arts.
  • C. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • D. Ted Cheesman
    Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Bryan Foy
    Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49df68f2c8190a0ee9da4692b2a62 completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1185da8c8190a70f4fd885bbe209 completed March 7, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1279e9d481908644b2e6c6bdb645 completed March 7, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac12fba71881909537bc73c8f6c620 completed March 7, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.