Triple

T13693159
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Hatfield E328314 entity
Predicate patronage P2320 FINISHED
Object University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)
The University of Durham (precursor educational endowments) refers to the medieval educational foundations and financial provisions in Durham that laid the groundwork for later higher learning institutions in the city.
E1054341 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: University of Durham (precursor educational endowments) | Statement: [Thomas Hatfield, patronage, University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)
Context triple: [Thomas Hatfield, patronage, University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)]
  • A. University College, University of Durham
    University College, University of Durham is a historic constituent college of Durham University in England, renowned for its location in Durham Castle and its strong academic and collegiate traditions.
  • B. Durham University collegiate system
    The Durham University collegiate system is a distinctive organizational structure in which the university is divided into semi-autonomous residential colleges that provide accommodation, community, and pastoral support alongside central academic departments.
  • C. Durham University Queen’s Campus (historical)
    Durham University Queen’s Campus was a former satellite campus of Durham University located in Stockton-on-Tees, England, which hosted various academic departments and student facilities before its closure and relocation of activities.
  • D. Van Mildert College, Durham University
    Van Mildert College, Durham University is one of the university’s constituent colleges, known for its strong community ethos and lakeside setting in Durham, England.
  • E. King's College, Durham
    King's College, Durham was a constituent college of the University of Durham that later became the foundation for Newcastle University in England.
  • 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: University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)
Triple: [Thomas Hatfield, patronage, University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)]
Generated description
The University of Durham (precursor educational endowments) refers to the medieval educational foundations and financial provisions in Durham that laid the groundwork for later higher learning institutions in the city.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University of Durham (precursor educational endowments)
Target entity description: The University of Durham (precursor educational endowments) refers to the medieval educational foundations and financial provisions in Durham that laid the groundwork for later higher learning institutions in the city.
  • A. University College, University of Durham
    University College, University of Durham is a historic constituent college of Durham University in England, renowned for its location in Durham Castle and its strong academic and collegiate traditions.
  • B. Durham University collegiate system
    The Durham University collegiate system is a distinctive organizational structure in which the university is divided into semi-autonomous residential colleges that provide accommodation, community, and pastoral support alongside central academic departments.
  • C. Durham University Queen’s Campus (historical)
    Durham University Queen’s Campus was a former satellite campus of Durham University located in Stockton-on-Tees, England, which hosted various academic departments and student facilities before its closure and relocation of activities.
  • D. Van Mildert College, Durham University
    Van Mildert College, Durham University is one of the university’s constituent colleges, known for its strong community ethos and lakeside setting in Durham, England.
  • E. King's College, Durham
    King's College, Durham was a constituent college of the University of Durham that later became the foundation for Newcastle University in England.
  • 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_69d8076ff62081908a7bd79889edd7a0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc8757b648190a26181efbad09a43 completed April 12, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7944e7ea0819098a9fbf8842d314b completed May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f79715571081909c1177a3fd09b4d5 completed May 3, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f797caabfc8190844e6b7d8125aeb6 completed May 3, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.