Triple

T7788191
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hunan Normal University E187300 entity
Predicate foundingPredecessor P43749 FINISHED
Object National Normal College
National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
E692913 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: National Normal College | Statement: [Hunan Normal University, foundingPredecessor, National Normal College]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Normal College
Context triple: [Hunan Normal University, foundingPredecessor, National Normal College]
  • A. National Normal University
    National Normal University was a teacher-training institution in Tennessee that played a role in the early education of future U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Cordell Hull.
  • B. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • C. Peabody Normal College
    Peabody Normal College was a teacher-training institution in Nashville, Tennessee, that played a key role in educating Southern educators in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Illinois State Normal University
    Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
  • E. Weber Normal College
    Weber Normal College was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Weber State University in Utah.
  • 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: National Normal College
Triple: [Hunan Normal University, foundingPredecessor, National Normal College]
Generated description
National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Normal College
Target entity description: National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
  • A. National Normal University
    National Normal University was a teacher-training institution in Tennessee that played a role in the early education of future U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Cordell Hull.
  • B. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • C. Peabody Normal College
    Peabody Normal College was a teacher-training institution in Nashville, Tennessee, that played a key role in educating Southern educators in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Illinois State Normal University
    Illinois State Normal University was the original name of Illinois State University, a public institution in Normal, Illinois, that began as a teachers' college.
  • E. Weber Normal College
    Weber Normal College was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Weber State University in Utah.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundingPredecessor
Context triple: [Hunan Normal University, foundingPredecessor, National Normal College]
  • A. founderOfPredecessor chosen
    Indicates that an entity is the founder of another entity that served as a predecessor to a specified organization or institution.
  • B. historicalEntityPredecessor
    Indicates that one historical entity existed or held a role before another, serving as its predecessor in time or sequence.
  • C. foundingAncestor
    Indicates that one entity is the original progenitor or earliest known ancestor from whom another entity or lineage descends.
  • D. countryPredecessor
    Indicates that one country existed before and was succeeded or replaced by another country in a historical or political sense.
  • E. legalPredecessorFoundedIn
    Indicates that one legal predecessor entity was founded or established in a specified time or place.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca82af2d2c8190963861f5e0b8bf21 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cae7e8a0d08190b6d4ca560681eb35 completed March 30, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69caf61f77808190a5a1814fe1cb7ae1 completed March 30, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69caf81ff934819094f8089b0bd8dde7 completed March 30, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cafa512e748190a52fe462d3d59f06 completed March 30, 2026, 10:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69caa488532c819093ac40bba0b3c7ef completed March 30, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:24 p.m.