Triple
T11102044
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ferris State University |
E262534
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Woodbridge N. Ferris was an American educator and politician who founded Ferris State University and later served as both governor of Michigan and a U.S. senator.
|
E904683
|
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: Woodbridge N. Ferris | Statement: [Ferris State University, founder, Woodbridge N. Ferris]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woodbridge N. Ferris Context triple: [Ferris State University, founder, Woodbridge N. Ferris]
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A.
Roy D. Chapin
Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
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B.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.
Roy D. Chapin Jr. was an American automotive executive best known for leading American Motors Corporation as its chief executive during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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D.
George Washington Gale Ferris Sr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Sr. was the father of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer best known for inventing the Ferris wheel.
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E.
John Knowles Fitch
John Knowles Fitch was an American financial analyst and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Fitch credit rating agency, one of the major global credit rating institutions.
- 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: Woodbridge N. Ferris Triple: [Ferris State University, founder, Woodbridge N. Ferris]
Generated description
Woodbridge N. Ferris was an American educator and politician who founded Ferris State University and later served as both governor of Michigan and a U.S. senator.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woodbridge N. Ferris Target entity description: Woodbridge N. Ferris was an American educator and politician who founded Ferris State University and later served as both governor of Michigan and a U.S. senator.
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A.
Roy D. Chapin
Roy D. Chapin was an American industrialist and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Herbert Hoover.
-
B.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.
Roy D. Chapin Jr. was an American automotive executive best known for leading American Motors Corporation as its chief executive during the 1960s and early 1970s.
-
C.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was an American civil engineer best known for inventing and designing the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
-
D.
George Washington Gale Ferris Sr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Sr. was the father of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer best known for inventing the Ferris wheel.
-
E.
John Knowles Fitch
John Knowles Fitch was an American financial analyst and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Fitch credit rating agency, one of the major global credit rating institutions.
- 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_69d6aa9a40d88190a373e2c7e48285db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79a2ab09081908ffce2df8912b657 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e7f9b46881909761ed448fa5ce6e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3f2cc9b7c8190bb5fd89f239917cf |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3f4a37b6c81908ca63270d82579ae |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.