Triple

T8660738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Michigan University E205540 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Western State Normal School
Western State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
 E748939 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: Western State Normal School | Statement: [Western Michigan University, formerName, Western State Normal School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Western State Normal School
Context triple: [Western Michigan University, formerName, Western State Normal School]
  • A. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • B. Illinois State Normal University
    Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
  • C. California State Normal School
    California State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution that evolved into what is now San José State University, one of the oldest public universities on the U.S. West Coast.
  • D. Kansas State Normal School
    Kansas State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Kansas that evolved into a broader public university.
  • E. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • 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: Western State Normal School
Triple: [Western Michigan University, formerName, Western State Normal School]
Generated description
Western State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Western State Normal School
Target entity description: Western State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • A. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • B. Illinois State Normal University
    Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
  • C. California State Normal School
    California State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution that evolved into what is now San José State University, one of the oldest public universities on the U.S. West Coast.
  • D. Kansas State Normal School
    Kansas State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Kansas that evolved into a broader public university.
  • E. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • 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_69ca8350897c819086cde7596fbe5fe7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48701c748190a5f7bd9e2da0e5e9 completed March 31, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ceccfda1dc8190a3b93b1c7e813f33 completed April 2, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece8d530081908f5a52d5d76bd414 completed April 2, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecf7c66308190b9fb87bc0ab510a8 completed April 2, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.