Triple
T3810925
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rice University |
E93130
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Marsh Rice |
E12605
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Marsh Rice | Statement: [Rice University, namedAfter, William Marsh Rice]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Marsh Rice Context triple: [Rice University, namedAfter, William Marsh Rice]
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A.
William Marsh Rice
chosen
William Marsh Rice was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose fortune endowed and led to the creation of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Irby Smith
Irby Smith is a film producer best known for his work on the hit comedy Western "City Slickers."
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C.
William P. Hobby
William P. Hobby was a prominent Texas politician and newspaper publisher who served as the 27th governor of Texas in the early 20th century.
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D.
William J. Porter University
William J. Porter University was the original name of what is now Jacksonville University, a private institution of higher education in Jacksonville, Florida.
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E.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed96a60088190ab1df8390fffc935 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee80faaa88190b05f8aec8aa5c44d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b503f3590c8190b18e2e9dfd84cbcd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.