Triple

T645067
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Faculty of Engineering, McGill University E11222 entity
Predicate hasDepartment P35 FINISHED
Object Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
E80618 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 | Statement: [Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Context triple: [Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
  • A. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading academic and research unit known for its strengths in robotics, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and computational engineering.
  • C. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The School of Mechanical Science and Engineering is a major academic unit of Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in mechanical engineering education and research.
  • D. Department of Aerospace Engineering
    The Department of Aerospace Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of aircraft, spacecraft, and related technologies within the Grainger College of Engineering.
  • E. Department of Chemical Engineering
    The Department of Chemical Engineering is an academic unit within the University of Havana’s Faculty of Chemistry dedicated to education and research in chemical process and engineering sciences.
  • 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
Triple: [Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering]
Generated description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Target entity description: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
  • A. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering is an academic unit specializing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • B. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
    The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a leading academic and research unit known for its strengths in robotics, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and computational engineering.
  • C. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering
    The School of Mechanical Science and Engineering is a major academic unit of Huazhong University of Science and Technology specializing in mechanical engineering education and research.
  • D. Department of Aerospace Engineering
    The Department of Aerospace Engineering is an academic unit specializing in the study and research of aircraft, spacecraft, and related technologies within the Grainger College of Engineering.
  • E. Department of Chemical Engineering
    The Department of Chemical Engineering is an academic unit within the University of Havana’s Faculty of Chemistry dedicated to education and research in chemical process and engineering sciences.
  • 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_69a493266a2881909daf4c40f719dee8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49f19f9a08190b0bf6e19b32427ff completed March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a57b5825a08190a528cc2034f2892f completed March 2, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a57dbf6b1c8190981f9d85f721a7db completed March 2, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a57e2762908190957f71686d107483 completed March 2, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.