Triple
T18677677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fort Hays State University |
E456644
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School | Statement: [Fort Hays State University, formerName, Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School Context triple: [Fort Hays State University, formerName, Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School]
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A.
Kansas State Normal School
Kansas State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Kansas that evolved into a broader public university.
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B.
Northern State Normal School
Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
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C.
Missouri State Normal School No. 2
Missouri State Normal School No. 2 was a public teacher-training institution in Missouri that later evolved into a broader state college/university.
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D.
Western State Normal School
Western State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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E.
Fifth District Normal School
Fifth District Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northwest Missouri State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School Target entity description: Western Branch of the Kansas State Normal School was the early teacher-training institution in Hays, Kansas that later evolved into Fort Hays State University.
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A.
Kansas State Normal School
chosen
Kansas State Normal School was a teacher-training institution in Kansas that evolved into a broader public university.
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B.
Northern State Normal School
Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
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C.
Missouri State Normal School No. 2
Missouri State Normal School No. 2 was a public teacher-training institution in Missouri that later evolved into a broader state college/university.
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D.
Western State Normal School
Western State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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E.
Fifth District Normal School
Fifth District Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northwest Missouri State University.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e556b66680819082a268f1bf857db5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.