Triple

T799196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald E. Knuth E17089 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall was an American mathematician known for his influential work in group theory and combinatorics and for mentoring prominent students such as Donald E. Knuth.
E94987 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: Marshall Hall | Statement: [Donald E. Knuth, doctoralAdvisor, Marshall Hall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall Hall
Context triple: [Donald E. Knuth, doctoralAdvisor, Marshall Hall]
  • A. Lanman-Wright Hall
    Lanman-Wright Hall is a historic Yale University residence hall located on the Old Campus that primarily houses first-year students.
  • B. Matthews Hall
    Matthews Hall is a historic red-brick freshman dormitory at Harvard University, located in Harvard Yard.
  • C. Brown Hall
    Brown Hall is an academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used primarily for theological instruction and related institutional activities.
  • D. Sibley Hall
    Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
  • E. Durfee Hall
    Durfee Hall is a historic residential dormitory located on Yale University's Old Campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • 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: Marshall Hall
Triple: [Donald E. Knuth, doctoralAdvisor, Marshall Hall]
Generated description
Marshall Hall was an American mathematician known for his influential work in group theory and combinatorics and for mentoring prominent students such as Donald E. Knuth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall Hall
Target entity description: Marshall Hall was an American mathematician known for his influential work in group theory and combinatorics and for mentoring prominent students such as Donald E. Knuth.
  • A. Lanman-Wright Hall
    Lanman-Wright Hall is a historic Yale University residence hall located on the Old Campus that primarily houses first-year students.
  • B. Matthews Hall
    Matthews Hall is a historic red-brick freshman dormitory at Harvard University, located in Harvard Yard.
  • C. Brown Hall
    Brown Hall is an academic building on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, used primarily for theological instruction and related institutional activities.
  • D. Sibley Hall
    Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
  • E. Durfee Hall
    Durfee Hall is a historic residential dormitory located on Yale University's Old Campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7b4d9548190aad5fdf1211cf8cd completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a67f01cca881908c1d230048be1225 completed March 3, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a6800b410881909d95ab4c3612b501 completed March 3, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a680bae34481909255d07f325d97d4 completed March 3, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.