Triple

T1575268
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whiting School of Engineering E33634 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object George William C. Whiting
George William C. Whiting was a benefactor and namesake of Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, recognized for his significant contributions to engineering education.
E194565 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: George William C. Whiting | Statement: [Whiting School of Engineering, namedAfter, George William C. Whiting]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George William C. Whiting
Context triple: [Whiting School of Engineering, namedAfter, George William C. Whiting]
  • A. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • D. John G. Shedd
    John G. Shedd was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for funding and establishing the Shedd Aquarium.
  • E. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • 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: George William C. Whiting
Triple: [Whiting School of Engineering, namedAfter, George William C. Whiting]
Generated description
George William C. Whiting was a benefactor and namesake of Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, recognized for his significant contributions to engineering education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George William C. Whiting
Target entity description: George William C. Whiting was a benefactor and namesake of Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, recognized for his significant contributions to engineering education.
  • A. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • D. John G. Shedd
    John G. Shedd was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for funding and establishing the Shedd Aquarium.
  • E. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • 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_69a885f27a4c8190a4622252cdf54c00 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908d2cffc819090f3d5cbebae3307 completed March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8ab191388190ab3fce42d5ae092a completed March 8, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad979b7f2c819094c907bed705db3b completed March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad9831a87c819089fc3b590ab7ecb2 completed March 8, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.