Triple

T8874935
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ira G. Needles E211250 entity
Predicate namesakeOf P63 FINISHED
Object Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo
Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo is an administrative building named in honor of Ira G. Needles, a key early supporter and leader in the university’s development.
E762484 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: Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo | Statement: [Ira G. Needles, namesakeOf, Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo
Context triple: [Ira G. Needles, namesakeOf, Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo]
  • A. McMaster Hall
    McMaster Hall was the original name of McMaster University, a Canadian institution of higher education and research based in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • B. Lazaridis Hall
    Lazaridis Hall is a modern academic building at Wilfrid Laurier University that serves as the primary home for the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, featuring classrooms, labs, and collaborative learning spaces.
  • C. McGill Engineering Student Centre
    The McGill Engineering Student Centre is a dedicated hub at McGill University that provides academic, career, and community support services tailored to engineering students.
  • D. McMaster University building
    The Ron Joyce Centre is a modern academic facility in Burlington, Ontario that houses McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business graduate and executive education programs.
  • E. Tanna Schulich Hall
    Tanna Schulich Hall is a performance and rehearsal venue associated with McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
  • 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: Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo
Triple: [Ira G. Needles, namesakeOf, Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo]
Generated description
Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo is an administrative building named in honor of Ira G. Needles, a key early supporter and leader in the university’s development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo
Target entity description: Needles Hall at the University of Waterloo is an administrative building named in honor of Ira G. Needles, a key early supporter and leader in the university’s development.
  • A. McMaster Hall
    McMaster Hall was the original name of McMaster University, a Canadian institution of higher education and research based in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • B. Lazaridis Hall
    Lazaridis Hall is a modern academic building at Wilfrid Laurier University that serves as the primary home for the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, featuring classrooms, labs, and collaborative learning spaces.
  • C. McGill Engineering Student Centre
    The McGill Engineering Student Centre is a dedicated hub at McGill University that provides academic, career, and community support services tailored to engineering students.
  • D. McMaster University building
    The Ron Joyce Centre is a modern academic facility in Burlington, Ontario that houses McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business graduate and executive education programs.
  • E. Tanna Schulich Hall
    Tanna Schulich Hall is a performance and rehearsal venue associated with McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
  • 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_69ca838e78748190934d82db3104f855 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc614565788190aa14535760df88c8 completed April 1, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfa0f9714c8190909587eecbb10e1a completed April 3, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfa180c9048190b59e6b8437886ac9 completed April 3, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfa26bf1fc8190971295d9562fe8f6 completed April 3, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:52 p.m.