Triple

T3618789

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	School of Communication at Northwestern University	`E76669`	entity
Predicate	hasAcademicUnit	`P1488`	FINISHED
Object	Department of Performance Studies The Department of Performance Studies is an academic unit at Northwestern University dedicated to the interdisciplinary study and practice of performance, including theatre, ritual, and everyday cultural expression.	`E373518`	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: Department of Performance Studies | Statement: [School of Communication at Northwestern University, hasAcademicUnit, Department of Performance Studies]

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

Target entity: Department of Performance Studies
Context triple: [School of Communication at Northwestern University, hasAcademicUnit, Department of Performance Studies]

A. Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance
The Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance is an academic unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, specializing in the study and practice of performance, theatre-making, and dance.
B. Department of Theatre Arts
The Department of Theatre Arts is an academic unit at the University of Miami dedicated to the study and practice of theatre, including performance, production, and related disciplines.
C. Department of Drama
The Department of Drama was the earlier name for Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Drama, one of the oldest and most prestigious degree-granting drama programs in the United States.
D. College of Performing Arts
The College of Performing Arts is Rowan University's dedicated school for training students in music, theatre, and related performing arts disciplines.
E. School of Theater
The School of Theater is the performing arts division of the California Institute of the Arts, offering intensive, conservatory-style training in acting, directing, design, and related theatrical disciplines.
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: Department of Performance Studies
Triple: [School of Communication at Northwestern University, hasAcademicUnit, Department of Performance Studies]

Generated description

The Department of Performance Studies is an academic unit at Northwestern University dedicated to the interdisciplinary study and practice of performance, including theatre, ritual, and everyday cultural expression.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Department of Performance Studies
Target entity description: The Department of Performance Studies is an academic unit at Northwestern University dedicated to the interdisciplinary study and practice of performance, including theatre, ritual, and everyday cultural expression.

A. Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance
The Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance is an academic unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, specializing in the study and practice of performance, theatre-making, and dance.
B. Department of Theatre Arts
The Department of Theatre Arts is an academic unit at the University of Miami dedicated to the study and practice of theatre, including performance, production, and related disciplines.
C. Department of Drama
The Department of Drama was the earlier name for Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Drama, one of the oldest and most prestigious degree-granting drama programs in the United States.
D. College of Performing Arts
The College of Performing Arts is Rowan University's dedicated school for training students in music, theatre, and related performing arts disciplines.
E. School of Theater
The School of Theater is the performing arts division of the California Institute of the Arts, offering intensive, conservatory-style training in acting, directing, design, and related theatrical disciplines.
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_69ad85dae2fc81908d1ceadbc6af0089`	completed	March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69adc2b72b3481909f4a09000d1815d9`	completed	March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b4331cc73881908033d001448f0b23`	completed	March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b436ac70a481909a623841b836e1a7`	completed	March 13, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b43731d4708190abd41b28889c4c88`	completed	March 13, 2026, 4:11 p.m.

Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.