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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.