Triple

T4284452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois State University E97231 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Illinois State Normal University
Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
 E426846 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: Illinois State Normal University | Statement: [Illinois State University, formerName, Illinois State Normal University]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois State Normal University
Context triple: [Illinois State University, formerName, Illinois State Normal University]
  • A. Iowa State Normal School
    Iowa State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution in Cedar Falls, Iowa, that later evolved into the University of Northern Iowa.
  • B. Illinois College
    Illinois College is a private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois, known as one of the oldest colleges in the state and for its early involvement in abolitionist and reform movements.
  • C. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • D. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • E. Lincoln Normal School of Marion
    Lincoln Normal School of Marion was a historically significant teacher-training institution for African Americans in Alabama that evolved into what is now Alabama State University.
  • 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: Illinois State Normal University
Triple: [Illinois State University, formerName, Illinois State Normal University]
Generated description
Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois State Normal University
Target entity description: Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
  • A. Iowa State Normal School
    Iowa State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution in Cedar Falls, Iowa, that later evolved into the University of Northern Iowa.
  • B. Illinois College
    Illinois College is a private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois, known as one of the oldest colleges in the state and for its early involvement in abolitionist and reform movements.
  • C. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • D. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • E. Lincoln Normal School of Marion
    Lincoln Normal School of Marion was a historically significant teacher-training institution for African Americans in Alabama that evolved into what is now Alabama State University.
  • 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_69b3454595848190a0e6bbb6a2bea040 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3503c062c81908f9a9eeab5381ec9 completed March 12, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7c2023c8190a2359f8cabcecd2c completed March 14, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b94471588190a27e7df972f072b1 completed March 14, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ba4262b481908378f7ebdc9a7c9c completed March 14, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.