Triple

T5251254
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitman College E118591 entity
Predicate formerMascot P17230 FINISHED
Object Missionaries
Missionaries was the former athletic mascot and team name of Whitman College, historically reflecting its religious roots before being replaced due to cultural and representational concerns.
E507165 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: Missionaries | Statement: [Whitman College, formerMascot, Missionaries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missionaries
Context triple: [Whitman College, formerMascot, Missionaries]
  • A. Jesuit missionaries
    Jesuit missionaries were members of the Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola who played a major role in global evangelization, education, and cultural exchange from the 16th century onward, particularly in Asia and the Americas.
  • B. Claretian Missionaries
    The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
  • C. Spiritans
    The Spiritans, also known as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, are a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation dedicated especially to serving the poor and evangelizing in challenging and underserved regions worldwide.
  • D. Missionaries of Africa
    The Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, are a Roman Catholic missionary society founded in 1868 that focuses on evangelization, education, and social development primarily across the African continent.
  • E. French Marchand Mission
    The French Marchand Mission was a late 19th-century French military expedition led by Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand that attempted to secure control of the Upper Nile region in Africa, culminating in the Fashoda Incident with Britain.
  • 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: Missionaries
Triple: [Whitman College, formerMascot, Missionaries]
Generated description
Missionaries was the former athletic mascot and team name of Whitman College, historically reflecting its religious roots before being replaced due to cultural and representational concerns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missionaries
Target entity description: Missionaries was the former athletic mascot and team name of Whitman College, historically reflecting its religious roots before being replaced due to cultural and representational concerns.
  • A. Jesuit missionaries
    Jesuit missionaries were members of the Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola who played a major role in global evangelization, education, and cultural exchange from the 16th century onward, particularly in Asia and the Americas.
  • B. Claretian Missionaries
    The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
  • C. Spiritans
    The Spiritans, also known as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, are a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation dedicated especially to serving the poor and evangelizing in challenging and underserved regions worldwide.
  • D. Missionaries of Africa
    The Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, are a Roman Catholic missionary society founded in 1868 that focuses on evangelization, education, and social development primarily across the African continent.
  • E. French Marchand Mission
    The French Marchand Mission was a late 19th-century French military expedition led by Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand that attempted to secure control of the Upper Nile region in Africa, culminating in the Fashoda Incident with Britain.
  • 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7b7b840881908bb1ecb8a0047382 completed March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69befe7005308190a659efbd779c314b completed March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beff4322308190b252820e7213f05e completed March 21, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beffe02d208190b857d6aaa4d85dae completed March 21, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.