Triple
T1292957
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cornell University |
E27588
|
entity |
| Predicate | founders |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Ezra Cornell
Ezra Cornell was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Cornell University and played a key role in the development of telegraphy in the United States.
|
E147284
|
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: Ezra Cornell | Statement: [Cornell University, founders, Ezra Cornell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ezra Cornell Context triple: [Cornell University, founders, Ezra Cornell]
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A.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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B.
Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman was an influential American educator and the first president of Johns Hopkins University, known for shaping the modern research university model in the United States.
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C.
Josiah Whitney
Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
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D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
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E.
George Peabody
George Peabody was a 19th-century American financier and philanthropist widely regarded as the "father of modern philanthropy" for his extensive charitable contributions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
- 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: Ezra Cornell Triple: [Cornell University, founders, Ezra Cornell]
Generated description
Ezra Cornell was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Cornell University and played a key role in the development of telegraphy in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ezra Cornell Target entity description: Ezra Cornell was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Cornell University and played a key role in the development of telegraphy in the United States.
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A.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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B.
Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman was an influential American educator and the first president of Johns Hopkins University, known for shaping the modern research university model in the United States.
-
C.
Josiah Whitney
Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
-
D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
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E.
George Peabody
George Peabody was a 19th-century American financier and philanthropist widely regarded as the "father of modern philanthropy" for his extensive charitable contributions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
- 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0f09d5c81909e6dc036fe9c5b4a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acacbf0cf48190937f620900b08d3f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acad34fc008190a9c06be5cbe8e8c3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acadc3ceb48190a9d67c8e90034c49 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.