Triple
T21091563
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Viterbi School of Engineering |
E519649
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDepartment |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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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: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Statement: [Viterbi School of Engineering, hasDepartment, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Context triple: [Viterbi School of Engineering, hasDepartment, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering]
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A.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is an academic unit specializing in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering within the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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B.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in civil infrastructure, environmental systems, and construction engineering and management.
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C.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering.
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D.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at the Technical University of Darmstadt focused on education and research in civil infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable development.
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E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Nagaoka University of Technology focused on education and research in infrastructure, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
- 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: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Target entity description: The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering focused on education and research in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.
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A.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is an academic unit specializing in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering within the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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B.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in civil infrastructure, environmental systems, and construction engineering and management.
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C.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in infrastructure, environmental systems, and sustainable engineering.
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D.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit at Nagaoka University of Technology focused on education and research in infrastructure, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
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E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
- 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_69e0b507dd9081908fb8bfcbef4c8b46 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7094f6ebc8190a90b014755a9d4a6 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:51 p.m.