Triple

T20918386

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Towson University	`E515136`	entity
Predicate	formerName	`P65`	FINISHED
Object	Maryland State Normal School	`—`	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: Maryland State Normal School | Statement: [Towson University, formerName, Maryland State Normal School]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maryland State Normal School
Context triple: [Towson University, formerName, Maryland State Normal School]

A. New Jersey State Normal School
New Jersey State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into The College of New Jersey, a public university in Ewing, New Jersey.
B. Potsdam Normal School
Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
C. Northern State Normal School
Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
D. Superior Normal School
Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
E. National Normal College
National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal 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: Maryland State Normal School
Target entity description: Maryland State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Towson University in Maryland.

A. New Jersey State Normal School
New Jersey State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into The College of New Jersey, a public university in Ewing, New Jersey.
B. Potsdam Normal School
Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
C. Northern State Normal School
Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
D. Superior Normal School
Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
E. National Normal College
National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
F. None of above. chosen

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_69e0b4f9d5ec8190bb2bd27350ed341c`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e6ec647028819082031eb706a62ad5`	completed	April 21, 2026, 3:17 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m.