Triple

T1186044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Botterell Hall E25247 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object David T. Botterell
David T. Botterell was a prominent Canadian neurosurgeon and academic leader whose contributions to medicine and medical education led to a major university building being named in his honor.
 E195799 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: David T. Botterell | Statement: [Botterell Hall, namedAfter, David T. Botterell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David T. Botterell
Context triple: [Botterell Hall, namedAfter, David T. Botterell]
  • A. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • B. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • C. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • D. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • E. Donald Meek
    Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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: David T. Botterell
Triple: [Botterell Hall, namedAfter, David T. Botterell]
Generated description
David T. Botterell was a prominent Canadian neurosurgeon and academic leader whose contributions to medicine and medical education led to a major university building being named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David T. Botterell
Target entity description: David T. Botterell was a prominent Canadian neurosurgeon and academic leader whose contributions to medicine and medical education led to a major university building being named in his honor.
  • A. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • B. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • C. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • D. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • E. Donald Meek
    Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd53e4b48190abb2167f8074a6bc completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0b77f008190893627daee29c441 completed March 8, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada1a0510481908ed8c36c9ae9a1a0 completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada26343988190bd067ca97186eb96 completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.