Triple

T4901090

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ted Belytschko	`E109798`	entity
Predicate	affiliation	`P10`	FINISHED
Object	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.	`E478436`	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: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University | Statement: [Ted Belytschko, affiliation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University]

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

Target entity: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
Context triple: [Ted Belytschko, affiliation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University]

A. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Michigan)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan is an academic department that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, environmental sustainability, and water resources.
B. MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through research and education in civil and environmental engineering.
C. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through education and research.
D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, water resources, and environmental protection within the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
E. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
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: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
Triple: [Ted Belytschko, affiliation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University]

Generated description

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.

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

Target entity: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
Target entity description: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.

A. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Michigan)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan is an academic department that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, environmental sustainability, and water resources.
B. MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through research and education in civil and environmental engineering.
C. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through education and research.
D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates engineers and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure, transportation, water resources, and environmental protection within the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
E. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic unit that educates students and conducts research in areas such as infrastructure design, construction, and environmental protection within the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.
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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd6e4dd6bc819094b1cbf533510995`	completed	March 20, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69be6fd2a0348190a285ea1a62e7ae1b`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69be707405008190ba1456544e8da593`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69be70e5537c8190b4db230932818a9c`	completed	March 21, 2026, 10:20 a.m.

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