Triple

T6448030

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Western University	`E139790`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Governors of Western University The Board of Governors of Western University is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall administrative governance.	`E594064`	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: Board of Governors of Western University | Statement: [Western University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Western University]

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of Western University
Context triple: [Western University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Western University]

A. University of Alberta Board of Governors
The University of Alberta Board of Governors is the university’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
B. University of Calgary Board of Governors
The University of Calgary Board of Governors is the university’s highest governing authority, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall institutional governance.
C. University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors
The University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors is the university’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its financial, administrative, and strategic operations.
D. University of Saskatchewan Council
The University of Saskatchewan Council is the university’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards across its colleges and schools.
E. Board of Governors of McMaster University
The Board of Governors of McMaster University is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
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: Board of Governors of Western University
Triple: [Western University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Western University]

Generated description

The Board of Governors of Western University is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall administrative governance.

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of Western University
Target entity description: The Board of Governors of Western University is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial affairs, and overall administrative governance.

A. University of Alberta Board of Governors
The University of Alberta Board of Governors is the university’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
B. University of Calgary Board of Governors
The University of Calgary Board of Governors is the university’s highest governing authority, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall institutional governance.
C. University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors
The University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors is the university’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its financial, administrative, and strategic operations.
D. University of Saskatchewan Council
The University of Saskatchewan Council is the university’s primary academic governing body responsible for overseeing academic policies, programs, and standards across its colleges and schools.
E. Board of Governors of McMaster University
The Board of Governors of McMaster University is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
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_69c008b301948190a35854e5284dc822`	completed	March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c069afd8c48190b3cab580c813ecab`	completed	March 22, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c64bcfc7388190877ad702ea44802d`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c64c5e5e5c8190b24aea7e4114daa5`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c64da81a0881908fc5716aeb0e47fa`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:28 a.m.

Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:47 p.m.