Triple

T195234
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North Carolina Central University E3804 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
E130036 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: James E. Shepard | Statement: [North Carolina Central University, foundedBy, James E. Shepard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James E. Shepard
Context triple: [North Carolina Central University, foundedBy, James E. Shepard]
  • A. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Daniel P. Hanley
    Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
  • 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: James E. Shepard
Triple: [North Carolina Central University, foundedBy, James E. Shepard]
Generated description
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James E. Shepard
Target entity description: James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
  • A. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • 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. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Daniel P. Hanley
    Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
  • 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25969425081908e178db8ba4631c2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59853e0c8190843abd8859c32380 completed March 7, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5a1fd5448190a72354c1017dfcf4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5a76e99c8190be49b80e31088693 completed March 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.