Triple

T12043909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Phoenix E286734 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Sperling
John Sperling was an American entrepreneur and academic who pioneered for-profit higher education, most notably by creating the University of Phoenix.
E961532 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: John Sperling | Statement: [University of Phoenix, foundedBy, John Sperling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sperling
Context triple: [University of Phoenix, foundedBy, John Sperling]
  • A. Clark Kerr
    Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
  • B. Ed Roberts
    Ed Roberts was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the MITS Altair 8800, a pioneering early personal computer that helped launch the microcomputer revolution.
  • C. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • D. Ernest L. Boyer
    Ernest L. Boyer was a prominent American educator and public servant best known for his leadership of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and his influential work on redefining scholarship and improving higher education.
  • E. Orvil E. Dryfoos
    Orvil E. Dryfoos was an American newspaper executive who briefly served as publisher of The New York Times in the early 1960s.
  • 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: John Sperling
Triple: [University of Phoenix, foundedBy, John Sperling]
Generated description
John Sperling was an American entrepreneur and academic who pioneered for-profit higher education, most notably by creating the University of Phoenix.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sperling
Target entity description: John Sperling was an American entrepreneur and academic who pioneered for-profit higher education, most notably by creating the University of Phoenix.
  • A. Clark Kerr
    Clark Kerr was an influential American academic and administrator who served as president of the University of California system during the turbulent 1960s, becoming a central figure in debates over student activism and free speech.
  • B. Ed Roberts
    Ed Roberts was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known for creating the MITS Altair 8800, a pioneering early personal computer that helped launch the microcomputer revolution.
  • C. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • D. Ernest L. Boyer
    Ernest L. Boyer was a prominent American educator and public servant best known for his leadership of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and his influential work on redefining scholarship and improving higher education.
  • E. Orvil E. Dryfoos
    Orvil E. Dryfoos was an American newspaper executive who briefly served as publisher of The New York Times in the early 1960s.
  • 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9040d13108190bd1a969fa62aae5a completed April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f49db574bc8190a0f2f858a2ff788d completed May 1, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f53d9460bc8190869f2b7d095d98cb completed May 1, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f564b826ec819098906cf735e45093 completed May 2, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.