Triple
T6461877
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Waterloo |
E142140
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ira G. Needles |
E211250
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ira G. Needles | Statement: [University of Waterloo, founder, Ira G. Needles]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ira G. Needles Context triple: [University of Waterloo, founder, Ira G. Needles]
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A.
Ira G. Needles
chosen
Ira G. Needles was a Canadian industrialist and educational visionary best known for spearheading the creation of the University of Waterloo and promoting cooperative education.
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B.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
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C.
Nelson Johnson
Nelson Johnson is an American author and former judge best known for writing the nonfiction book that inspired the television series "Boardwalk Empire."
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D.
Russ Hodges
Russ Hodges was a prominent American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio and television voice of the New York and San Francisco Giants and for his iconic call of Bobby Thomson’s 1951 “Shot Heard ’Round the World.”
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E.
Bill Truitt
Bill Truitt is a central character in the dark comedy film "The Opposite of Sex," serving as a mild-mannered teacher whose life is upended by the manipulative actions of his teenage half-sister.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008d2f91c8190a8178767a35e08fc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c069f683248190a58beb60f009eafb |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c66382f9ac81908d9cb444ab596d04 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:49 p.m.