Triple

T8660774
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Michigan University E205540 entity
Predicate governingBody P46 FINISHED
Object Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the leadership, policy direction, and fiduciary management of Western Michigan University.
 E749928 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: Board of Trustees | Statement: [Western Michigan University, governingBody, Board of Trustees]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Board of Trustees
Context triple: [Western Michigan University, governingBody, Board of Trustees]
  • A. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body of Wellesley College, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
  • B. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body of Ithaca College, responsible for setting institutional policy, overseeing its strategic direction, and safeguarding its long-term financial and academic health.
  • C. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies of Texas Christian University.
  • D. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the strategic direction of Passaic County Community College.
  • E. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing Furman University's strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
  • 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: Board of Trustees
Triple: [Western Michigan University, governingBody, Board of Trustees]
Generated description
The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the leadership, policy direction, and fiduciary management of Western Michigan University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Board of Trustees
Target entity description: The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the leadership, policy direction, and fiduciary management of Western Michigan University.
  • A. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the university’s highest governing body, responsible for major policy decisions, financial oversight, and the long-term strategic direction of the institution.
  • B. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing Whittier College’s strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
  • C. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing Calvin University’s mission, policies, and long-term direction.
  • D. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the governing body responsible for overseeing Northwestern University's strategic direction, financial health, and institutional policies.
  • E. Board of Trustees
    The Board of Trustees is the governing body responsible for overseeing Monmouth University's strategic direction, policies, and fiduciary affairs.
  • 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_69ceccdaad2881908f131ee9da2841d1 completed April 2, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cecf69fdb4819098a8af4e26354fea completed April 2, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ced06cfce88190ad4b95f1aa82d42b completed April 2, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.