Triple

T8433947

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Charred Cross of Coventry	`E199179`	entity
Predicate	associatedWith	`P37`	FINISHED
Object	Provost Richard Howard Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.	`E734242`	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: Provost Richard Howard | Statement: [Charred Cross of Coventry, associatedWith, Provost Richard Howard]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Provost Richard Howard
Context triple: [Charred Cross of Coventry, associatedWith, Provost Richard Howard]

A. William G. Bowen
William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
B. Provost
The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
C. Michael M. Crow
Michael M. Crow is an American academic leader and innovation-focused university administrator best known for transforming Arizona State University into a large, research-intensive public institution.
D. Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
E. Provost of Rice University
The Provost of Rice University is the institution’s chief academic officer, responsible for overseeing academic affairs, faculty, and educational policy across the university.
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: Provost Richard Howard
Triple: [Charred Cross of Coventry, associatedWith, Provost Richard Howard]

Generated description

Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Provost Richard Howard
Target entity description: Provost Richard Howard was the Anglican clergyman and wartime provost of Coventry Cathedral who became known for his leadership and message of reconciliation following the 1940 bombing that destroyed the cathedral.

A. William G. Bowen
William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
B. Provost
The Provost of Trinity College Dublin is the chief academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for its overall leadership and strategic direction.
C. Michael M. Crow
Michael M. Crow is an American academic leader and innovation-focused university administrator best known for transforming Arizona State University into a large, research-intensive public institution.
D. Russell G. Cory
Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
E. Provost of Rice University
The Provost of Rice University is the institution’s chief academic officer, responsible for overseeing academic affairs, faculty, and educational policy across the university.
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_69ca8314cd6c8190a6b8c2a1096e18f3`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cbd1a74d948190abd76e7a6efb42ec`	completed	March 31, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ce1d71d9748190903ed97dde6d28f4`	completed	April 2, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ce1fb008988190ae8e148cd937f5c4`	completed	April 2, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ce205313fc8190863dbc6c904ef1af`	completed	April 2, 2026, 7:52 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.