Triple

T10685498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silliman University E251867 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Horace Brinsmade Silliman
Horace Brinsmade Silliman was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for endowing the institution in the Philippines that became Silliman University.
E880099 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: Horace Brinsmade Silliman | Statement: [Silliman University, founder, Horace Brinsmade Silliman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horace Brinsmade Silliman
Context triple: [Silliman University, founder, Horace Brinsmade Silliman]
  • A. Benjamin Silliman
    Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
  • B. Henry A. Strong
    Henry A. Strong was an American businessman and early photography industry pioneer best known as the co-founder and first president of the Eastman Kodak Company.
  • C. Theodore Lyman III
    Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
  • D. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • E. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • 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: Horace Brinsmade Silliman
Triple: [Silliman University, founder, Horace Brinsmade Silliman]
Generated description
Horace Brinsmade Silliman was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for endowing the institution in the Philippines that became Silliman University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horace Brinsmade Silliman
Target entity description: Horace Brinsmade Silliman was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for endowing the institution in the Philippines that became Silliman University.
  • A. Benjamin Silliman
    Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
  • B. Henry A. Strong
    Henry A. Strong was an American businessman and early photography industry pioneer best known as the co-founder and first president of the Eastman Kodak Company.
  • C. Theodore Lyman III
    Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
  • D. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • E. Isaac W. Scudder
    Isaac W. Scudder was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fd182d7c819099ff6ffb3a7083f5 completed April 9, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d998c6fb4881908a8e13912c405ec8 completed April 11, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d99e8312188190bec3090f34a7b9b9 completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d99f50e0888190b8e7b2547e1526af completed April 11, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.