Triple
T8389356
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Alston |
E197901
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
E2924
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Statement: [William Alston, employer, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Context triple: [William Alston, employer, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]
-
A.
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
chosen
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a major American public research university known for its strong engineering, computer science, and information science programs.
-
B.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a major public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, renowned for its strong academic programs, extensive research output, and flagship status within the University of Wisconsin System.
-
C.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, renowned for its strong programs in journalism, engineering, business, and the arts.
-
D.
Urbana University
Urbana University was a private liberal arts university located in Urbana, Ohio, known for its career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs before its closure in 2020.
-
E.
Purdue University
Purdue University is a major public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, renowned for its engineering, science, and technology programs.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb810ac380819095bd67f0555ac2a8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce889d38508190977b112db0253606 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:03 p.m.