Triple

T8660736
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Michigan University E205540 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Dwight B. Waldo
Dwight B. Waldo was an American educator and academic administrator best known as the founding president of Western Michigan University.
 E748938 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: Dwight B. Waldo | Statement: [Western Michigan University, foundedBy, Dwight B. Waldo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dwight B. Waldo
Context triple: [Western Michigan University, foundedBy, Dwight B. Waldo]
  • A. Walter Neustadt
    Walter Neustadt was a philanthropist and patron of the arts whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • B. Herbert Croly
    Herbert Croly was an American political theorist and journalist whose progressive ideas about democracy and the role of the state strongly influenced early 20th-century liberal thought in the United States.
  • C. Raymond M. Weaver
    Raymond M. Weaver was an American literary scholar and biographer best known for his pioneering work on Herman Melville, including editing and helping bring to light the posthumously published novella "Billy Budd."
  • D. William Maynard Hutchins
    William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
  • E. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • 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: Dwight B. Waldo
Triple: [Western Michigan University, foundedBy, Dwight B. Waldo]
Generated description
Dwight B. Waldo was an American educator and academic administrator best known as the founding president of Western Michigan University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dwight B. Waldo
Target entity description: Dwight B. Waldo was an American educator and academic administrator best known as the founding president of Western Michigan University.
  • A. Walter Neustadt
    Walter Neustadt was a philanthropist and patron of the arts whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • B. Herbert Croly
    Herbert Croly was an American political theorist and journalist whose progressive ideas about democracy and the role of the state strongly influenced early 20th-century liberal thought in the United States.
  • C. Raymond M. Weaver
    Raymond M. Weaver was an American literary scholar and biographer best known for his pioneering work on Herman Melville, including editing and helping bring to light the posthumously published novella "Billy Budd."
  • D. William Maynard Hutchins
    William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
  • E. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • 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_69ca8350897c819086cde7596fbe5fe7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48701c748190a5f7bd9e2da0e5e9 completed March 31, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ceccfda1dc8190a3b93b1c7e813f33 completed April 2, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece8d530081908f5a52d5d76bd414 completed April 2, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecf7c66308190b9fb87bc0ab510a8 completed April 2, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.