Triple

T5926212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Winston-Salem State University E131816 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Slater Industrial and State Normal School
Slater Industrial and State Normal School was the original name of what is now Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black public university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
 E557321 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: Slater Industrial and State Normal School | Statement: [Winston-Salem State University, formerName, Slater Industrial and State Normal School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Slater Industrial and State Normal School
Context triple: [Winston-Salem State University, formerName, Slater Industrial and State Normal School]
  • A. Superior Normal School
    Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
  • B. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • C. Fifth District Normal School
    Fifth District Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northwest Missouri State University.
  • D. Iowa State Normal School
    Iowa State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution in Cedar Falls, Iowa, that later evolved into the University of Northern Iowa.
  • E. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • 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: Slater Industrial and State Normal School
Triple: [Winston-Salem State University, formerName, Slater Industrial and State Normal School]
Generated description
Slater Industrial and State Normal School was the original name of what is now Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black public university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Slater Industrial and State Normal School
Target entity description: Slater Industrial and State Normal School was the original name of what is now Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black public university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
  • A. Superior Normal School
    Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
  • B. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • C. Fifth District Normal School
    Fifth District Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northwest Missouri State University.
  • D. Iowa State Normal School
    Iowa State Normal School was a 19th-century teacher-training institution in Cedar Falls, Iowa, that later evolved into the University of Northern Iowa.
  • E. Michigan State Normal School
    Michigan State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Eastern Michigan University.
  • 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_69c0085b75e88190a632f9691f9da48b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c038542e548190b335df9a948c8490 completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c04e5af8819095f15cfbc1f13c46 completed March 23, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c23cc6d081909ce27bfb6a6f33d4 completed March 23, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c2deec7c81909d9949cb28f0211f completed March 23, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.