Triple
T4195954
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Alabama System |
E89153
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasChancellor |
P325
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Finis E. St. John IV
Finis E. St. John IV is an American attorney and higher-education administrator who has served as chancellor of the University of Alabama System.
|
E420387
|
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: Finis E. St. John IV | Statement: [University of Alabama System, hasChancellor, Finis E. St. John IV]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Finis E. St. John IV Context triple: [University of Alabama System, hasChancellor, Finis E. St. John IV]
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A.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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B.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
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C.
Giles S. Rich
Giles S. Rich was a highly influential American jurist and patent law expert who helped shape modern U.S. patent jurisprudence, including co-authoring the 1952 Patent Act.
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D.
Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner was a 19th-century British designer and partner in the influential Arts and Crafts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
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E.
Dudley Field Malone
Dudley Field Malone was an American lawyer, politician, and civil liberties advocate best known for his role on the defense team in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging laws against teaching evolution.
- 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: Finis E. St. John IV Triple: [University of Alabama System, hasChancellor, Finis E. St. John IV]
Generated description
Finis E. St. John IV is an American attorney and higher-education administrator who has served as chancellor of the University of Alabama System.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Finis E. St. John IV Target entity description: Finis E. St. John IV is an American attorney and higher-education administrator who has served as chancellor of the University of Alabama System.
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A.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
-
B.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
-
C.
Giles S. Rich
Giles S. Rich was a highly influential American jurist and patent law expert who helped shape modern U.S. patent jurisprudence, including co-authoring the 1952 Patent Act.
-
D.
Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner was a 19th-century British designer and partner in the influential Arts and Crafts firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
-
E.
Dudley Field Malone
Dudley Field Malone was an American lawyer, politician, and civil liberties advocate best known for his role on the defense team in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging laws against teaching evolution.
- 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_69aed9569a4481908b6c1fcec2a11e21 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af035e87148190a0f0bf48b813ffaa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b58a0d7fa88190a2c830e298542068 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b58a9497b88190a46afd8b1996fed9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b58b26e4208190b4ec30a3b635194b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.