Triple
T12365209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Foster Auditorium |
E294842
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Clarke Foster
Richard Clarke Foster was a prominent figure associated with the history of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama, for whom the building was named.
|
E982144
|
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: Richard Clarke Foster | Statement: [Foster Auditorium, namedAfter, Richard Clarke Foster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Clarke Foster Context triple: [Foster Auditorium, namedAfter, Richard Clarke Foster]
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A.
Michael G. Foster
Michael G. Foster was a prominent Seattle businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to the University of Washington led to its business school being named in his honor.
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B.
Francis J. Torrance
Francis J. Torrance was an American figure significant enough in regional or political affairs that Torrance County in New Mexico was named in his honor.
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C.
John Templeton McCarty
John Templeton McCarty was one of the original founders of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity, helping to establish its principles and early organization in the mid-19th century.
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D.
John Whiteaker
John Whiteaker was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after it achieved statehood.
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E.
J. Howard McGrath
J. Howard McGrath was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman and previously as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator.
- 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: Richard Clarke Foster Triple: [Foster Auditorium, namedAfter, Richard Clarke Foster]
Generated description
Richard Clarke Foster was a prominent figure associated with the history of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama, for whom the building was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Clarke Foster Target entity description: Richard Clarke Foster was a prominent figure associated with the history of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama, for whom the building was named.
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A.
Michael G. Foster
Michael G. Foster was a prominent Seattle businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to the University of Washington led to its business school being named in his honor.
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B.
Francis J. Torrance
Francis J. Torrance was an American figure significant enough in regional or political affairs that Torrance County in New Mexico was named in his honor.
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C.
John Templeton McCarty
John Templeton McCarty was one of the original founders of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity, helping to establish its principles and early organization in the mid-19th century.
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D.
John Whiteaker
John Whiteaker was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after it achieved statehood.
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E.
J. Howard McGrath
J. Howard McGrath was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Harry S. Truman and previously as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator.
- 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fa3f958819080555bcae9958a53 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f634721e948190bb8e97ef677b9f59 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6386304c08190b629d51fd0abcefa |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63900ea248190bf59c1123ea78372 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.