Triple

T6382489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba E143617 entity
Predicate hasDepartment P35 FINISHED
Object Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in mechanical engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
E588822 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 Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba | Statement: [Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba]
  • A. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs, research opportunities, and professional training in mechanical engineering disciplines.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Saskatchewan)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the College of Engineering.
  • C. Department of Mechanical Engineering (UBC)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as thermofluids, materials, mechatronics, and design within the Faculty of Applied Science.
  • D. Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Minnesota)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit known for research and education in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermal sciences, and manufacturing within the College of Science and Engineering.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
Triple: [Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba]
Generated description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in mechanical engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
Target entity description: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in mechanical engineering within the university’s Faculty of Engineering.
  • A. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs, research opportunities, and professional training in mechanical engineering disciplines.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Saskatchewan)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the College of Engineering.
  • C. Department of Mechanical Engineering (UBC)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia is a major academic unit offering undergraduate and graduate programs and conducting research in areas such as thermofluids, materials, mechatronics, and design within the Faculty of Applied Science.
  • D. Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Minnesota)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota is an academic unit known for research and education in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermal sciences, and manufacturing within the College of Science and Engineering.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c008dac1ec81909cef8157ccd69962 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06854eb608190acb6bb4dc466f0fc completed March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c62db397f48190bc4533ce26b27a55 completed March 27, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c62f1923408190996ba6dbb5bab651 completed March 27, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c62f9797188190afb5313176e34864 completed March 27, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.