Triple

T2875593
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virginia Commonwealth University E56869 entity
Predicate governingBody P46 FINISHED
Object VCU Board of Visitors
The VCU Board of Visitors is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Virginia Commonwealth University.
E305843 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: VCU Board of Visitors | Statement: [Virginia Commonwealth University, governingBody, VCU Board of Visitors]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VCU Board of Visitors
Context triple: [Virginia Commonwealth University, governingBody, VCU Board of Visitors]
  • A. Virginia Commonwealth University
    Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public research university known for its diverse academic programs and strong arts and health sciences disciplines.
  • B. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
    The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is the coordinating and policy-making body overseeing Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities, including community colleges.
  • C. Virginia State University
    Virginia State University is a public historically Black land-grant university located in Petersburg, Virginia.
  • D. Shenandoah University
    Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
  • E. Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute
    The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration and finances, and guiding the strategic direction of VMI.
  • 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: VCU Board of Visitors
Triple: [Virginia Commonwealth University, governingBody, VCU Board of Visitors]
Generated description
The VCU Board of Visitors is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Virginia Commonwealth University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VCU Board of Visitors
Target entity description: The VCU Board of Visitors is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Virginia Commonwealth University.
  • A. Virginia Commonwealth University
    Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public research university known for its diverse academic programs and strong arts and health sciences disciplines.
  • B. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
    The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is the coordinating and policy-making body overseeing Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities, including community colleges.
  • C. Virginia State University
    Virginia State University is a public historically Black land-grant university located in Petersburg, Virginia.
  • D. Shenandoah University
    Shenandoah University is a private liberal arts university based in Winchester, Virginia, known for its programs in the arts, health professions, and business, and for serving the broader Northern Virginia region.
  • E. Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute
    The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration and finances, and guiding the strategic direction of VMI.
  • 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe004a64481908f1897d9054a7368 completed March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01db780908190919d859205464b2e completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0201470cc81909188573c3749dffb completed March 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b020aa00888190a683a621f1e1a107 completed March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.