Triple

T783641
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ghent University E16553 entity
Predicate hasRector P325 FINISHED
Object Rik Van de Walle
Rik Van de Walle is a Belgian academic and professor who serves as the rector of Ghent University.
 E128030 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: Rik Van de Walle | Statement: [Ghent University, hasRector, Rik Van de Walle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rik Van de Walle
Context triple: [Ghent University, hasRector, Rik Van de Walle]
  • A. Leo Geurts
    Leo Geurts was a Dutch computer scientist known for co-developing the ABC programming language, an influential precursor to Python.
  • B. Hubert Bruls
    Hubert Bruls is a Dutch politician best known as the long-serving mayor of Nijmegen and a prominent figure in national public safety and crisis management.
  • C. Bert Koenders
    Bert Koenders is a Dutch Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and previously held roles including Minister for Development Cooperation and UN Special Representative.
  • D. Koen Lamberts
    Koen Lamberts is a British academic and university leader known for serving as vice-chancellor at major UK universities, including the University of Sheffield.
  • E. Daniël Stalpaert
    Daniël Stalpaert was a 17th-century Dutch architect and city planner known for his influential role in shaping Amsterdam’s urban landscape.
  • 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: Rik Van de Walle
Triple: [Ghent University, hasRector, Rik Van de Walle]
Generated description
Rik Van de Walle is a Belgian academic and professor who serves as the rector of Ghent University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rik Van de Walle
Target entity description: Rik Van de Walle is a Belgian academic and professor who serves as the rector of Ghent University.
  • A. Leo Geurts
    Leo Geurts was a Dutch computer scientist known for co-developing the ABC programming language, an influential precursor to Python.
  • B. Hubert Bruls
    Hubert Bruls is a Dutch politician best known as the long-serving mayor of Nijmegen and a prominent figure in national public safety and crisis management.
  • C. Bert Koenders
    Bert Koenders is a Dutch Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and previously held roles including Minister for Development Cooperation and UN Special Representative.
  • D. Koen Lamberts
    Koen Lamberts is a British academic and university leader known for serving as vice-chancellor at major UK universities, including the University of Sheffield.
  • E. Daniël Stalpaert
    Daniël Stalpaert was a 17th-century Dutch architect and city planner known for his influential role in shaping Amsterdam’s urban landscape.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7686d0881908c2a4395059be02c completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac53753d308190928675f60e27d702 completed March 7, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac541f80208190bf23aad6a21515bd completed March 7, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac548b363881908de3588d34c4960c completed March 7, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.