Triple

T7172246
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Delaware State University E167226 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Norman Oliver
Norman Oliver is an American basketball coach and former player who became notable for his contributions to Delaware State University's basketball program and his later work in community and youth development.
E648614 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: Norman Oliver | Statement: [Delaware State University, hasNotableAlumni, Norman Oliver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Oliver
Context triple: [Delaware State University, hasNotableAlumni, Norman Oliver]
  • A. George Milne
    George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
  • B. Ivor Wynne
    Ivor Wynne was a Canadian sports executive and educator best known for his long association with McMaster University and contributions to athletics in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • C. Norman Kemp Smith
    Norman Kemp Smith was a prominent Scottish philosopher and translator best known for his influential English translation and interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason."
  • D. Gerald Templer
    Gerald Templer was a British field marshal best known for his leadership in counterinsurgency and colonial military campaigns, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • 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: Norman Oliver
Triple: [Delaware State University, hasNotableAlumni, Norman Oliver]
Generated description
Norman Oliver is an American basketball coach and former player who became notable for his contributions to Delaware State University's basketball program and his later work in community and youth development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Oliver
Target entity description: Norman Oliver is an American basketball coach and former player who became notable for his contributions to Delaware State University's basketball program and his later work in community and youth development.
  • A. George Milne
    George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
  • B. Ivor Wynne
    Ivor Wynne was a Canadian sports executive and educator best known for his long association with McMaster University and contributions to athletics in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • C. Norman Kemp Smith
    Norman Kemp Smith was a prominent Scottish philosopher and translator best known for his influential English translation and interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason."
  • D. Gerald Templer
    Gerald Templer was a British field marshal best known for his leadership in counterinsurgency and colonial military campaigns, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • 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_69c68889a2748190a316c5e65360361a completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e88b0a448190a19bd2d9e2a310a4 completed March 27, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7bf8766508190945a96f9536135ef completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7c039bb708190b4ac14e19974774a completed March 28, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7c123c4b48190a76fb869f7abc553 completed March 28, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:48 p.m.