Triple

T6246800

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Northwestern Polytechnical University	`E139739`	entity
Predicate	formedByMergerOf	`P77`	FINISHED
Object	National Northwestern Engineering Institute National Northwestern Engineering Institute was a Chinese higher-education institution in engineering that later became part of Northwestern Polytechnical University through a merger.	`E579992`	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: National Northwestern Engineering Institute | Statement: [Northwestern Polytechnical University, formedByMergerOf, National Northwestern Engineering Institute]

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

Target entity: National Northwestern Engineering Institute
Context triple: [Northwestern Polytechnical University, formedByMergerOf, National Northwestern Engineering Institute]

A. Northwestern Polytechnic
Northwestern Polytechnic is a publicly funded post-secondary institution in Grande Prairie, Alberta, offering a range of academic, trades, and applied research programs.
B. Washkewicz College of Engineering
Washkewicz College of Engineering is the engineering school of Cleveland State University, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in various engineering disciplines and applied research.
C. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a private, highly ranked engineering and science college known for its strong undergraduate programs and focus on hands-on, technical education.
D. Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its engineering, business, and nursing programs with a strong emphasis on applied learning and industry partnerships.
E. Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university in Chicago known for its strong engineering, architecture, and technology programs.
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: National Northwestern Engineering Institute
Triple: [Northwestern Polytechnical University, formedByMergerOf, National Northwestern Engineering Institute]

Generated description

National Northwestern Engineering Institute was a Chinese higher-education institution in engineering that later became part of Northwestern Polytechnical University through a merger.

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

Target entity: National Northwestern Engineering Institute
Target entity description: National Northwestern Engineering Institute was a Chinese higher-education institution in engineering that later became part of Northwestern Polytechnical University through a merger.

A. Northwestern Polytechnic
Northwestern Polytechnic is a publicly funded post-secondary institution in Grande Prairie, Alberta, offering a range of academic, trades, and applied research programs.
B. Washkewicz College of Engineering
Washkewicz College of Engineering is the engineering school of Cleveland State University, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in various engineering disciplines and applied research.
C. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a private, highly ranked engineering and science college known for its strong undergraduate programs and focus on hands-on, technical education.
D. Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its engineering, business, and nursing programs with a strong emphasis on applied learning and industry partnerships.
E. Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university in Chicago known for its strong engineering, architecture, and technology programs.
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_69c008b1c5088190ae6de2555fc05ad8`	completed	March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c0631f511c81908d413320efdce42e`	completed	March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c2440e47108190b07fa65db104e773`	completed	March 24, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c4fb6ab25081909bce29ecee57cb42`	completed	March 26, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c4fc5c18088190ba2ee0d182d7f3c2`	completed	March 26, 2026, 9:29 a.m.

Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.