Triple

T10283071
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Étienne Provost E241152 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Provost
Provost is a French surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century fur trader and explorer Étienne Provost.
 E852559 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: Provost | Statement: [Étienne Provost, familyName, Provost]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Provost
Context triple: [Étienne Provost, familyName, Provost]
  • A. Provost
    The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
  • B. Vice-Chancellor
    The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive and academic leader of a university, responsible for its overall strategic direction, management, and representation.
  • C. Provost Richard Howard
    Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Yale University Provost
    The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the 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: Provost
Triple: [Étienne Provost, familyName, Provost]
Generated description
Provost is a French surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century fur trader and explorer Étienne Provost.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Provost
Target entity description: Provost is a French surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century fur trader and explorer Étienne Provost.
  • A. Provost
    The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
  • B. Vice-Chancellor
    The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive and academic leader of a university, responsible for its overall strategic direction, management, and representation.
  • C. Provost Richard Howard
    Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Yale University Provost
    The Yale University Provost is the institution’s chief academic and budget officer, overseeing academic policies, resource allocation, and strategic planning across the 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_69d381a94c1881908fc38fc263d9b9c2 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2a22f9881908b220dbe1e80c101 completed April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f83c3c488190b728783bc260b006 completed April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fcae243c819095a2e791716805bd completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd3495fc8190a093d2536cfbe58a completed April 9, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:39 a.m.