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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.