Triple

T6764891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilmington University E154693 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Dr. Donald E. Ross
Dr. Donald E. Ross is an American educator and academic leader best known for establishing Wilmington University and guiding its development into a comprehensive institution of higher education.
 E623718 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: Dr. Donald E. Ross | Statement: [Wilmington University, founder, Dr. Donald E. Ross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Donald E. Ross
Context triple: [Wilmington University, founder, Dr. Donald E. Ross]
  • A. Dr. Robert B. Hayling
    Dr. Robert B. Hayling was a prominent civil rights leader and dentist who played a key role in organizing and leading nonviolent protests against racial segregation in St. Augustine, Florida, during the early 1960s.
  • B. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • C. Dr. Davison M. Geiger
    Dr. Davison M. Geiger was a prominent local physician and early Nevada pioneer after whom the historic Geiger Grade mountain road near Reno is named.
  • D. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • E. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • 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: Dr. Donald E. Ross
Triple: [Wilmington University, founder, Dr. Donald E. Ross]
Generated description
Dr. Donald E. Ross is an American educator and academic leader best known for establishing Wilmington University and guiding its development into a comprehensive institution of higher education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. Donald E. Ross
Target entity description: Dr. Donald E. Ross is an American educator and academic leader best known for establishing Wilmington University and guiding its development into a comprehensive institution of higher education.
  • A. Dr. Robert B. Hayling
    Dr. Robert B. Hayling was a prominent civil rights leader and dentist who played a key role in organizing and leading nonviolent protests against racial segregation in St. Augustine, Florida, during the early 1960s.
  • B. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • C. Dr. Davison M. Geiger
    Dr. Davison M. Geiger was a prominent local physician and early Nevada pioneer after whom the historic Geiger Grade mountain road near Reno is named.
  • D. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • E. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • 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_69c688109c1c8190added9a221292af0 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d217bbfc81908c9e55efaf7f8594 completed March 27, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c72f8c0a3481909f33d2252cc1860c completed March 28, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c730cdb3c88190802ddda15d8aa52f completed March 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c734876ca0819087842bec6e01c02e completed March 28, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:12 p.m.