Triple

T1292957
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cornell University E27588 entity
Predicate founders P104 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.