Triple

T1245756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Waterloo E26761 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Gerald Hagey
Gerald Hagey was a Canadian academic and administrator best known as the founding president who led the development of the University of Waterloo into a major institution.
E151464 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: Gerald Hagey | Statement: [University of Waterloo, foundedBy, Gerald Hagey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Hagey
Context triple: [University of Waterloo, foundedBy, Gerald Hagey]
  • A. Tedd Munchak
    Tedd Munchak was an American businessman best known for owning the Carolina Cougars franchise in the former American Basketball Association.
  • B. Larry Daley
    Larry Daley is the bumbling yet good-hearted night guard protagonist of the "Night at the Museum" film series, known for dealing with museum exhibits that magically come to life.
  • C. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • D. Frank Richard Wells
    Frank Richard Wells was a son of the famed English writer H. G. Wells.
  • E. Mike Gartner
    Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
  • 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: Gerald Hagey
Triple: [University of Waterloo, foundedBy, Gerald Hagey]
Generated description
Gerald Hagey was a Canadian academic and administrator best known as the founding president who led the development of the University of Waterloo into a major institution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Hagey
Target entity description: Gerald Hagey was a Canadian academic and administrator best known as the founding president who led the development of the University of Waterloo into a major institution.
  • A. Tedd Munchak
    Tedd Munchak was an American businessman best known for owning the Carolina Cougars franchise in the former American Basketball Association.
  • B. Larry Daley
    Larry Daley is the bumbling yet good-hearted night guard protagonist of the "Night at the Museum" film series, known for dealing with museum exhibits that magically come to life.
  • C. Jim Harris
    Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
  • D. Frank Richard Wells
    Frank Richard Wells was a son of the famed English writer H. G. Wells.
  • E. Mike Gartner
    Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
  • 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf65c41c8190b4c65e015d1264c0 completed March 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf1c90608190a0fa4d3722897966 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbfc03f20819089a025fc745c9203 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc0282080819087676813c2852a96 completed March 8, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.