Triple

T845209

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Columbia University	`E18260`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Trustees of Columbia University The Board of Trustees of Columbia University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall governance.	`E99603`	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: Board of Trustees of Columbia University | Statement: [Columbia University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Columbia University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Columbia University
Context triple: [Columbia University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Columbia University]

A. Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
B. Board of Trustees of George Washington University
The Board of Trustees of George Washington University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall governance.
C. Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
The Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania is the university’s governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall institutional governance.
D. Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s principal governing body, composed of leaders who oversee its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
E. University of Chicago Board of Trustees
The University of Chicago Board of Trustees is the university’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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: Board of Trustees of Columbia University
Triple: [Columbia University, governingBody, Board of Trustees of Columbia University]

Generated description

The Board of Trustees of Columbia University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall governance.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Trustees of Columbia University
Target entity description: The Board of Trustees of Columbia University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall governance.

A. Columbia University
Columbia University is an Ivy League research university renowned for its rigorous academics and influential role in scholarship, journalism, and public affairs.
B. Board of Trustees of George Washington University
The Board of Trustees of George Washington University is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall governance.
C. Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
The Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania is the university’s governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and overall institutional governance.
D. Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the museum’s principal governing body, composed of leaders who oversee its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
E. University of Chicago Board of Trustees
The University of Chicago Board of Trustees is the university’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
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_69a4ac09249c8190a8099b94a3c9e2cc`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a7929c8c9c8190a0279f347ab64765`	completed	March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a792fcb75881908562b79005d62b3b`	completed	March 4, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a793fd988481908ad3c6d2cd46026d`	completed	March 4, 2026, 2:07 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.