Triple
T7188104
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Columbia University protests of 1968 |
E167619
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBySource |
P519
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn
"Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn is a detailed historical account of the 1968 student protests and administrative turmoil at Columbia University, examining their causes, events, and lasting impact on campus politics and American society.
|
E647492
|
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: Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn | Statement: [Columbia University protests of 1968, describedBySource, Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn Context triple: [Columbia University protests of 1968, describedBySource, Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn]
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A.
Columbia University protests of 1968
The Columbia University protests of 1968 were a major student-led uprising against university policies and the Vietnam War, emblematic of the radical activism and campus unrest associated with the New Left in the late 1960s.
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B.
President’s Commission on Campus Unrest
The President’s Commission on Campus Unrest was a national investigative body established in 1970 to examine the causes and implications of violent conflicts and protests on American college campuses during the era of the Vietnam War.
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C.
I Confess: The Truth About American Communism
"I Confess: The Truth About American Communism" is a political memoir in which former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow exposes and critiques the inner workings, strategies, and goals of the Communist movement in the United States.
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D.
History of the Communist Party of the United States
History of the Communist Party of the United States is a comprehensive historical study by American labor leader and communist organizer William Z. Foster that chronicles the development, struggles, and activities of the Communist Party in the United States.
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E.
The Forum at Columbia University
The Forum at Columbia University is a multidisciplinary academic and community center on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus that hosts conferences, public programs, and collaborative research activities.
- 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: Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn Triple: [Columbia University protests of 1968, describedBySource, Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn]
Generated description
"Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn is a detailed historical account of the 1968 student protests and administrative turmoil at Columbia University, examining their causes, events, and lasting impact on campus politics and American society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn Target entity description: "Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn is a detailed historical account of the 1968 student protests and administrative turmoil at Columbia University, examining their causes, events, and lasting impact on campus politics and American society.
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A.
Columbia University protests of 1968
The Columbia University protests of 1968 were a major student-led uprising against university policies and the Vietnam War, emblematic of the radical activism and campus unrest associated with the New Left in the late 1960s.
-
B.
President’s Commission on Campus Unrest
The President’s Commission on Campus Unrest was a national investigative body established in 1970 to examine the causes and implications of violent conflicts and protests on American college campuses during the era of the Vietnam War.
-
C.
I Confess: The Truth About American Communism
"I Confess: The Truth About American Communism" is a political memoir in which former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow exposes and critiques the inner workings, strategies, and goals of the Communist movement in the United States.
-
D.
History of the Communist Party of the United States
History of the Communist Party of the United States is a comprehensive historical study by American labor leader and communist organizer William Z. Foster that chronicles the development, struggles, and activities of the Communist Party in the United States.
-
E.
The Forum at Columbia University
The Forum at Columbia University is a multidisciplinary academic and community center on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus that hosts conferences, public programs, and collaborative research activities.
- 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_69c6888b5248819090499a884ee3ec39 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e8e2506881909fc4e81b9b79e873 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7b956ce048190b377dd62f5b5b173 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ba1752648190a417bdbbbf04a243 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7bada296c819094b92c0479ab8a3a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.