Triple

T12457472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wofford College E297695 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Benjamin Wofford
Benjamin Wofford was a 19th-century Methodist minister and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
 E987085 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: Benjamin Wofford | Statement: [Wofford College, founder, Benjamin Wofford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Benjamin Wofford
Context triple: [Wofford College, founder, Benjamin Wofford]
  • A. Frank Hohimer
    Frank Hohimer is the pseudonymous author of the true-crime memoir "The Home Invaders," which chronicles the lives and methods of professional burglars.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • C. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • D. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American novelist best known for works such as "The Sterile Cuckoo" and his politically charged "New Mexico Trilogy."
  • E. Michael Tomasky
    Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
  • 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: Benjamin Wofford
Triple: [Wofford College, founder, Benjamin Wofford]
Generated description
Benjamin Wofford was a 19th-century Methodist minister and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Benjamin Wofford
Target entity description: Benjamin Wofford was a 19th-century Methodist minister and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • A. Frank Hohimer
    Frank Hohimer is the pseudonymous author of the true-crime memoir "The Home Invaders," which chronicles the lives and methods of professional burglars.
  • B. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
  • C. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
  • D. John Nichols
    John Nichols is an American novelist best known for works such as "The Sterile Cuckoo" and his politically charged "New Mexico Trilogy."
  • E. Michael Tomasky
    Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
  • 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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94da46a588190bc888fafd6d1eb5d completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64ba170908190b7b52ba3e725ea5e completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 completed May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 completed May 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.