Triple

T989341

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Warren E. Burger	`E21351`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Chancellor of the College of William & Mary The Chancellor of the College of William & Mary is a ceremonial leadership role traditionally held by distinguished public figures who serve as symbolic heads and advocates for the historic university.	`E117620`	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: Chancellor of the College of William & Mary | Statement: [Warren E. Burger, positionHeld, Chancellor of the College of William & Mary]

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

Target entity: Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Context triple: [Warren E. Burger, positionHeld, Chancellor of the College of William & Mary]

A. Interim President of Harvard University
The Interim President of Harvard University is the temporary chief executive officer of Harvard, responsible for overseeing the university’s academic, administrative, and financial operations during a leadership transition.
B. Dean of Yale College
The Dean of Yale College is the chief academic and administrative officer for Yale’s undergraduate program, overseeing student life, curriculum, and the residential college system.
C. Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive and academic leader of a university, responsible for its overall strategic direction, management, and representation.
D. High Steward of the University of Cambridge
The High Steward of the University of Cambridge is a senior ceremonial and judicial officer of the university, traditionally held by a distinguished public figure who advises on legal and constitutional matters.
E. President of MIT
The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
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: Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Triple: [Warren E. Burger, positionHeld, Chancellor of the College of William & Mary]

Generated description

The Chancellor of the College of William & Mary is a ceremonial leadership role traditionally held by distinguished public figures who serve as symbolic heads and advocates for the historic university.

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

Target entity: Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Target entity description: The Chancellor of the College of William & Mary is a ceremonial leadership role traditionally held by distinguished public figures who serve as symbolic heads and advocates for the historic university.

A. Interim President of Harvard University
The Interim President of Harvard University is the temporary chief executive officer of Harvard, responsible for overseeing the university’s academic, administrative, and financial operations during a leadership transition.
B. Dean of Yale College
The Dean of Yale College is the chief academic and administrative officer for Yale’s undergraduate program, overseeing student life, curriculum, and the residential college system.
C. Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive and academic leader of a university, responsible for its overall strategic direction, management, and representation.
D. High Steward of the University of Cambridge
The High Steward of the University of Cambridge is a senior ceremonial and judicial officer of the university, traditionally held by a distinguished public figure who advises on legal and constitutional matters.
E. President of MIT
The President of MIT is the chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, responsible for its overall academic leadership, strategic direction, and institutional governance.
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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4b4aa16f081909dcc7a7ce3fb1b64`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ac258d9f4c8190b285455410b30575`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ac267e4fa08190895fa6809d0decb8`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ac271c8ad081909c1f1629e0793c40`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:24 p.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.