Triple

T1051729
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Gordon University E22713 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose legacy in education led to the founding of the institution that became Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
 E121069 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: Robert Gordon | Statement: [Robert Gordon University, namedAfter, Robert Gordon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Gordon
Context triple: [Robert Gordon University, namedAfter, Robert Gordon]
  • A. John B. Taylor
    John B. Taylor is an American economist best known for formulating the influential Taylor rule for monetary policy and for his contributions to modern macroeconomic and New Keynesian theory.
  • B. Harold Hotelling
    Harold Hotelling was an influential American statistician and economist known for pioneering work in mathematical economics, statistical theory, and multivariate analysis, including the development of Hotelling’s T-squared distribution and principal component analysis.
  • C. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. David E. Lilienthal
    David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
  • 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: Robert Gordon
Triple: [Robert Gordon University, namedAfter, Robert Gordon]
Generated description
Robert Gordon was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose legacy in education led to the founding of the institution that became Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Gordon
Target entity description: Robert Gordon was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose legacy in education led to the founding of the institution that became Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
  • A. John B. Taylor
    John B. Taylor is an American economist best known for formulating the influential Taylor rule for monetary policy and for his contributions to modern macroeconomic and New Keynesian theory.
  • B. Harold Hotelling
    Harold Hotelling was an influential American statistician and economist known for pioneering work in mathematical economics, statistical theory, and multivariate analysis, including the development of Hotelling’s T-squared distribution and principal component analysis.
  • C. George Bergstrom
    George Bergstrom was an American architect best known for designing the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. David E. Lilienthal
    David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
  • 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_69a493da02e081908c13ff5e02a0fe7a completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8b5312081909796df58fa7c1e9d completed March 1, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bcf04448190af136ca4f037547b completed March 7, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3c9a92008190a6336626faed36bd completed March 7, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3d0fcdb88190b4c5e5ddf41e2716 completed March 7, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.