Triple
T4312068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies |
E94097
|
entity |
| Predicate | affiliation |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northwestern University Libraries |
E12074
|
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: Northwestern University Libraries | Statement: [Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, affiliation, Northwestern University Libraries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwestern University Libraries Context triple: [Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, affiliation, Northwestern University Libraries]
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A.
Northwestern University
chosen
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, renowned for its strong programs in journalism, engineering, business, and the arts.
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B.
Oberlin Group of Libraries
The Oberlin Group of Libraries is a consortium of selective liberal arts college libraries in the United States that collaborates to enhance academic resources, services, and innovation in support of undergraduate education.
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C.
Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press is an academic publishing house affiliated with Northwestern University, known for its scholarly and literary books, including works in the humanities, social sciences, and translated literature.
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D.
McKeldin Library
McKeldin Library is the main academic library of the University of Maryland, College Park, serving as a central hub for research, study, and campus resources.
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E.
Bapst Library
Bapst Library is a historic collegiate library at Boston College known for its Gothic architecture and extensive humanities collections.
- 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_69b3451886588190a3dd1305ea7c58dc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b350d8bff88190bcf7dd419d5f4312 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5c75cd5c481908f76c510fec678f9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.