Triple
T844218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merced |
E18241
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasHigherEducationInstitution |
P113
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merced College
Merced College is a public community college in Merced, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs as well as transfer pathways to four-year universities.
|
E104362
|
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: Merced College | Statement: [Merced, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Merced College]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merced College Context triple: [Merced, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Merced College]
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A.
Modesto Junior College
Modesto Junior College is a public community college in Modesto, California, known as one of the oldest community colleges in the state and for being attended by filmmaker George Lucas.
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B.
Cañada College
Cañada College is a public community college located in San Mateo County, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs.
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C.
Fresno City College
Fresno City College is a public community college in Fresno, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs as part of the State Center Community College District.
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D.
University of California, Merced
The University of California, Merced is a public research university in California’s San Joaquin Valley known for being the newest campus in the UC system and for its focus on sustainability and serving diverse, first-generation students.
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E.
College of the Sequoias
College of the Sequoias is a public community college serving students in California’s San Joaquin Valley with a range of academic, vocational, and transfer programs.
- 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: Merced College Triple: [Merced, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Merced College]
Generated description
Merced College is a public community college in Merced, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs as well as transfer pathways to four-year universities.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merced College Target entity description: Merced College is a public community college in Merced, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs as well as transfer pathways to four-year universities.
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A.
Modesto Junior College
Modesto Junior College is a public community college in Modesto, California, known as one of the oldest community colleges in the state and for being attended by filmmaker George Lucas.
-
B.
Cañada College
Cañada College is a public community college located in San Mateo County, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs.
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C.
Fresno City College
Fresno City College is a public community college in Fresno, California, offering two-year degree and certificate programs as part of the State Center Community College District.
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D.
University of California, Merced
The University of California, Merced is a public research university in California’s San Joaquin Valley known for being the newest campus in the UC system and for its focus on sustainability and serving diverse, first-generation students.
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E.
College of the Sequoias
College of the Sequoias is a public community college serving students in California’s San Joaquin Valley with a range of academic, vocational, and transfer programs.
- 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac07fedc8190ab05595f25c1792f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b8472f188190b470893c76b20ccf |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7bc1acf708190aa86cd5eca101966 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7bc96dd2881909310147292b99023 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.