Triple

T11487496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Wertheim E272316 entity
Predicate educatedAt P5 FINISHED
Object Southern College of Optometry
Southern College of Optometry is a private optometry school in Memphis, Tennessee, known for training doctors of optometry and providing comprehensive eye care education and clinical services.
 E928811 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Southern College of Optometry | Statement: [Herbert Wertheim, educatedAt, Southern College of Optometry]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Southern College of Optometry
Context triple: [Herbert Wertheim, educatedAt, Southern College of Optometry]
  • A. Arizona College of Optometry
    Arizona College of Optometry is a professional school that educates and trains future optometrists as part of Midwestern University’s health sciences programs.
  • B. Michigan College of Optometry
    Michigan College of Optometry is a professional optometry school known for training doctors of optometry and providing eye care education and clinical services.
  • C. SUNY College of Optometry
    SUNY College of Optometry is a specialized public professional school in New York City that focuses on optometric education, vision science research, and eye care services.
  • D. College of Optometry
    The College of Optometry is Nova Southeastern University's professional school dedicated to educating and training future optometrists and advancing vision care through clinical practice and research.
  • E. College of Optometry
    The College of Optometry is the University of Houston’s professional school dedicated to educating optometrists and advancing vision science research and eye care.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Southern College of Optometry
Target entity description: Southern College of Optometry is a private optometry school in Memphis, Tennessee, known for training doctors of optometry and providing comprehensive eye care education and clinical services.
  • A. Arizona College of Optometry
    Arizona College of Optometry is a professional school that educates and trains future optometrists as part of Midwestern University’s health sciences programs.
  • B. Michigan College of Optometry
    Michigan College of Optometry is a professional optometry school known for training doctors of optometry and providing eye care education and clinical services.
  • C. SUNY College of Optometry
    SUNY College of Optometry is a specialized public professional school in New York City that focuses on optometric education, vision science research, and eye care services.
  • D. College of Optometry
    The College of Optometry is Nova Southeastern University's professional school dedicated to educating and training future optometrists and advancing vision care through clinical practice and research.
  • E. College of Optometry
    The College of Optometry is the University of Houston’s professional school dedicated to educating optometrists and advancing vision science research and eye care.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Southern College of Optometry
Triple: [Herbert Wertheim, educatedAt, Southern College of Optometry]
Generated description
Southern College of Optometry is a private optometry school in Memphis, Tennessee, known for training doctors of optometry and providing comprehensive eye care education and clinical services.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa elicitation completed
NER batch_69d85a1fc9688190aacc2eed64229b79 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e6046076d0819087766bf905825217 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69e6182b06f88190ab36d976ac989019 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69e610a5ea0481908169c58dc0831b76 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.