Triple

T4892002

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ball State University	`E109584`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Ball State University Board of Trustees The Ball State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.	`E479802`	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: Ball State University Board of Trustees | Statement: [Ball State University, governingBody, Ball State University Board of Trustees]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ball State University Board of Trustees
Context triple: [Ball State University, governingBody, Ball State University Board of Trustees]

A. Indiana State University Board of Trustees
The Indiana State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
B. Ball State University
Ball State University is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana, known for its strong programs in education, architecture, and communications.
C. Indiana University Board of Trustees
The Indiana University Board of Trustees is the university’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the institution’s strategic direction.
D. Purdue University Board of Trustees
The Purdue University Board of Trustees is the institution’s top governing body, responsible for major policy decisions, financial oversight, and strategic direction.
E. Ohio University Board of Trustees
The Ohio University Board of Trustees is the institution’s chief governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s long-term strategic direction.
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: Ball State University Board of Trustees
Triple: [Ball State University, governingBody, Ball State University Board of Trustees]

Generated description

The Ball State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ball State University Board of Trustees
Target entity description: The Ball State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.

A. Indiana State University Board of Trustees
The Indiana State University Board of Trustees is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
B. Ball State University
Ball State University is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana, known for its strong programs in education, architecture, and communications.
C. Indiana University Board of Trustees
The Indiana University Board of Trustees is the university’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the institution’s strategic direction.
D. Purdue University Board of Trustees
The Purdue University Board of Trustees is the institution’s top governing body, responsible for major policy decisions, financial oversight, and strategic direction.
E. Ohio University Board of Trustees
The Ohio University Board of Trustees is the institution’s chief governing authority, responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s long-term strategic direction.
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_69bd4410bbf88190aad50d2451c863d6`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd6e2444dc819088d5562e90d16d9b`	completed	March 20, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69be6fbf3e74819099910475bbd18734`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69be735ea2cc819085c221b7230db63d`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69be73b237388190b3502e64e185a26e`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:32 a.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.