Triple

T1123642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Alberta E24668 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
E146542 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: Henry Marshall Tory | Statement: [University of Alberta, founder, Henry Marshall Tory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Marshall Tory
Context triple: [University of Alberta, founder, Henry Marshall Tory]
  • A. Charles Hamilton
    Charles Hamilton is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an 18th-century Scottish-born British politician and a contemporary American rapper and producer.
  • B. Joseph Hume
    Joseph Hume was a prominent 19th-century Scottish physician and radical British politician known for his campaigns for parliamentary reform, economy in public spending, and civil liberties.
  • C. Thomas Burke
    Thomas Burke was an American sprinter who became the first Olympic champion in both the 100-meter and 400-meter races at the modern Games.
  • D. John Hamilton
    John Hamilton is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, military service, and the arts.
  • E. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Henry Marshall Tory
Triple: [University of Alberta, founder, Henry Marshall Tory]
Generated description
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Marshall Tory
Target entity description: Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
  • A. Charles Hamilton
    Charles Hamilton is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an 18th-century Scottish-born British politician and a contemporary American rapper and producer.
  • B. Joseph Hume
    Joseph Hume was a prominent 19th-century Scottish physician and radical British politician known for his campaigns for parliamentary reform, economy in public spending, and civil liberties.
  • C. Thomas Burke
    Thomas Burke was an American sprinter who became the first Olympic champion in both the 100-meter and 400-meter races at the modern Games.
  • D. John Hamilton
    John Hamilton is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, military service, and the arts.
  • E. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbc09e708190b099d436d1f737eb completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aca2e36fc081908de3b67293c7bbf6 completed March 7, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aca391037c8190b6f256fcd1ac882e completed March 7, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aca42e7c74819089666f4940ea6d4d completed March 7, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.