Triple

T3618880

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Board of Trustees of Northwestern University	`E76671`	entity
Predicate	hasCommittee	`P1396`	FINISHED
Object	finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.	`E373522`	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: finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University | Statement: [Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, hasCommittee, finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University]

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

Target entity: finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
Context triple: [Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, hasCommittee, finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University]

A. finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, investments, and long-term fiscal strategy.
B. finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.
C. investment committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The investment committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s endowment investment strategy and related financial policies.
D. audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management policies.
E. academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s academic policies, programs, and standards at the trustee level.
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: finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
Triple: [Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, hasCommittee, finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University]

Generated description

The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.

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

Target entity: finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
Target entity description: The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.

A. finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, investments, and long-term fiscal strategy.
B. finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis
The finance committee of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial policies, budgeting, and long-term fiscal planning.
C. investment committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The investment committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is the governing body responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s endowment investment strategy and related financial policies.
D. audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The audit committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing the university’s financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with audit and risk management policies.
E. academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
The academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago is a governing body subgroup responsible for overseeing and guiding the university’s academic policies, programs, and standards at the trustee level.
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.