Triple

T11214133

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John Galen Howard	`E265386`	entity
Predicate	designed	`P184`	FINISHED
Object	Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley Sather Gate at the University of California, Berkeley is a historic Beaux-Arts style campus landmark and former main entrance, renowned for its ornate bronze and granite architecture.	`E912127`	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: Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley | Statement: [John Galen Howard, designed, Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley]

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

Target entity: Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley
Context triple: [John Galen Howard, designed, Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley]

A. Etcheverry Hall, UC Berkeley
Etcheverry Hall at UC Berkeley is an engineering building that houses major instructional and research facilities, particularly for mechanical engineering and related disciplines.
B. South Hall (UC Berkeley)
South Hall (UC Berkeley) is the oldest surviving building on the University of California, Berkeley campus, notable for its historic Victorian architecture and role in the university’s early academic life.
C. California Hall (UC Berkeley)
California Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts academic building on the University of California, Berkeley campus and one of its central administrative landmarks.
D. Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley is a historic campus building associated with agricultural economics and named in recognition of banking pioneer Amadeo P. Giannini’s contributions to California agriculture and education.
E. McCone Hall (UC Berkeley)
McCone Hall is an academic building on the University of California, Berkeley campus that houses key science departments and facilities, including Earth and planetary sciences.
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: Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley
Triple: [John Galen Howard, designed, Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley]

Generated description

Sather Gate at the University of California, Berkeley is a historic Beaux-Arts style campus landmark and former main entrance, renowned for its ornate bronze and granite architecture.

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

Target entity: Sather Gate, University of California, Berkeley
Target entity description: Sather Gate at the University of California, Berkeley is a historic Beaux-Arts style campus landmark and former main entrance, renowned for its ornate bronze and granite architecture.

A. Etcheverry Hall, UC Berkeley
Etcheverry Hall at UC Berkeley is an engineering building that houses major instructional and research facilities, particularly for mechanical engineering and related disciplines.
B. South Hall (UC Berkeley)
South Hall (UC Berkeley) is the oldest surviving building on the University of California, Berkeley campus, notable for its historic Victorian architecture and role in the university’s early academic life.
C. California Hall (UC Berkeley)
California Hall is a historic Beaux-Arts academic building on the University of California, Berkeley campus and one of its central administrative landmarks.
D. Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley
Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley is a historic campus building associated with agricultural economics and named in recognition of banking pioneer Amadeo P. Giannini’s contributions to California agriculture and education.
E. McCone Hall (UC Berkeley)
McCone Hall is an academic building on the University of California, Berkeley campus that houses key science departments and facilities, including Earth and planetary sciences.
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_69d6aac59460819089b9848b27f57848`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d7e8d7f47c8190b78c640ff1a01943`	completed	April 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69e497569efc8190b8e9cb6b1db3f94d`	completed	April 19, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69e49c0a92b08190ac5debb7d67ca776`	completed	April 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69e49e8dc4ec81908d0defe77827d197`	completed	April 19, 2026, 9:21 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.