Triple

T4704904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mailman School of Public Health E104368 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Joseph L. Mailman
Joseph L. Mailman was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to public health led Columbia University to name its School of Public Health in his honor.
E490835 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: Joseph L. Mailman | Statement: [Mailman School of Public Health, namedAfter, Joseph L. Mailman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph L. Mailman
Context triple: [Mailman School of Public Health, namedAfter, Joseph L. Mailman]
  • A. Louis D. Rubin Jr.
    Louis D. Rubin Jr. was an influential American literary critic, scholar, and publisher best known for his pioneering work on Southern literature and for co-founding Algonquin Books.
  • B. Milton S. Cohen
    Milton S. Cohen was the husband of American character actress Eleanor Audley, known for her distinctive voice roles in classic Disney films.
  • C. Edward S. Feldman
    Edward S. Feldman is an American film producer known for overseeing a range of notable movies across several decades, including acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
  • D. Edward R. Pressman
    Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
  • E. Bernard M. Gordon
    Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
  • 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: Joseph L. Mailman
Triple: [Mailman School of Public Health, namedAfter, Joseph L. Mailman]
Generated description
Joseph L. Mailman was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to public health led Columbia University to name its School of Public Health in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph L. Mailman
Target entity description: Joseph L. Mailman was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to public health led Columbia University to name its School of Public Health in his honor.
  • A. Louis D. Rubin Jr.
    Louis D. Rubin Jr. was an influential American literary critic, scholar, and publisher best known for his pioneering work on Southern literature and for co-founding Algonquin Books.
  • B. Milton S. Cohen
    Milton S. Cohen was the husband of American character actress Eleanor Audley, known for her distinctive voice roles in classic Disney films.
  • C. Edward S. Feldman
    Edward S. Feldman is an American film producer known for overseeing a range of notable movies across several decades, including acclaimed dramas and thrillers.
  • D. Edward R. Pressman
    Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
  • E. Bernard M. Gordon
    Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
  • 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63d1e9c48190bad5f7d68bf0f622 completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bea45f6f2481909ee7b88524fbd59e completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bea575fa448190b64b6d6305a8d5a6 completed March 21, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea60244c88190850ac256e290c190 completed March 21, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.