Triple

T5086442

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick	`E114648`	entity
Predicate	hasDepartment	`P35`	FINISHED
Object	Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers education and research programs in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.	`E491394`	NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Engineering, University of New Brunswick | Statement: [Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

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

Target entity: Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick]

A. Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
The Faculty of Engineering at McGill University is a leading Canadian engineering school offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related disciplines, known for its strong research output and international reputation.
B. Institute of Civil Engineering
The Institute of Civil Engineering is a specialized faculty of Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute focused on education and research in civil and structural engineering.
C. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering is a specialized faculty within the Polytechnic University of Madrid dedicated to education and research in civil and structural engineering and related infrastructure fields.
D. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering at the University of Tehran is a leading Iranian academic institution specializing in education and research in civil and structural engineering.
E. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering is an academic unit specializing in civil and infrastructure engineering education and research within Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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

Target entity: Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Target entity description: The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers education and research programs in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.

A. Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
The Faculty of Engineering at McGill University is a leading Canadian engineering school offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and related disciplines, known for its strong research output and international reputation.
B. Institute of Civil Engineering
The Institute of Civil Engineering is a specialized faculty of Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute focused on education and research in civil and structural engineering.
C. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering is an academic unit specializing in civil and infrastructure engineering education and research within Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
D. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering is an academic unit of Hefei University of Technology specializing in education and research in civil and structural engineering and related fields.
E. School of Civil Engineering
The School of Civil Engineering is a specialized faculty within the Polytechnic University of Madrid dedicated to education and research in civil and structural engineering and related infrastructure fields.
F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Triple: [Faculty of Engineering, University of New Brunswick, hasDepartment, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick]

Generated description

The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers education and research programs in civil and environmental engineering disciplines.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage	Batch ID	Job type	Status
creating	`batch_69bd443e941881908eb4e8c685b6f656`	elicitation	completed
NER	`batch_69bd751fb6dc8190be674c92a17e8c0e`	ner	completed
NED1	`batch_69beb13fd3a88190b5a665ba56fdd455`	ned_source_triple	completed
NED2	`batch_69beb22dff6c8190896f65d659a32b28`	ned_description	completed
NEDg	`batch_69beb1c184248190b99067d257564ad8`	nedg	completed

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.