Triple

T88369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard University E1775 entity
Predicate hasPresident P112 FINISHED
Object Ben Vinson III
Ben Vinson III is an American historian and academic leader who serves as the president of Howard University.
E60697 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: Ben Vinson III | Statement: [Howard University, hasPresident, Ben Vinson III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Vinson III
Context triple: [Howard University, hasPresident, Ben Vinson III]
  • A. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • B. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Rick Hahn
    Rick Hahn is an American baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball.
  • D. Al Smith
    Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
  • E. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • 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: Ben Vinson III
Triple: [Howard University, hasPresident, Ben Vinson III]
Generated description
Ben Vinson III is an American historian and academic leader who serves as the president of Howard University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Vinson III
Target entity description: Ben Vinson III is an American historian and academic leader who serves as the president of Howard University.
  • A. Hartland Snyder
    Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
  • B. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Rick Hahn
    Rick Hahn is an American baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball.
  • D. Al Smith
    Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
  • E. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • 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_69a24d1a97dc819094e6c021fe9b05a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f6997c081908b202f937eb2b14f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47115f39c8190ba77165212479a56 completed March 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47188895881908e2fac4e52dc06f4 completed March 1, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a471d60d74819096f355f5ce7a3da3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.