Triple

T9021703

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Arthur C. Willard	`E215739`	entity
Predicate	affiliation	`P10`	FINISHED
Object	University of Illinois faculty University of Illinois faculty are the academic staff members responsible for teaching, research, and scholarly activities at the University of Illinois.	`E773699`	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: University of Illinois faculty | Statement: [Arthur C. Willard, affiliation, University of Illinois faculty]

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

Target entity: University of Illinois faculty
Context triple: [Arthur C. Willard, affiliation, University of Illinois faculty]

A. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, finances, and strategic direction of the University of Illinois system.
B. University of Illinois system
The University of Illinois system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Illinois, comprising multiple research-intensive campuses and institutions.
C. College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
The College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is an academic unit focused on education and research in health, wellness, disability, and human performance across a range of applied health disciplines.
D. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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.
E. College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an academic college dedicated to education and research in the visual, performing, design, and environmental arts.
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: University of Illinois faculty
Triple: [Arthur C. Willard, affiliation, University of Illinois faculty]

Generated description

University of Illinois faculty are the academic staff members responsible for teaching, research, and scholarly activities at the University of Illinois.

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

Target entity: University of Illinois faculty
Target entity description: University of Illinois faculty are the academic staff members responsible for teaching, research, and scholarly activities at the University of Illinois.

A. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the governing body responsible for overseeing the policies, finances, and strategic direction of the University of Illinois system.
B. University of Illinois system
The University of Illinois system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Illinois, comprising multiple research-intensive campuses and institutions.
C. College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
The College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is an academic unit focused on education and research in health, wellness, disability, and human performance across a range of applied health disciplines.
D. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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.
E. College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an academic college dedicated to education and research in the visual, performing, design, and environmental arts.
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_69ca83a38aa88190bf1bb80c4548b5e2`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cc6a43add08190983b7ac88576fd7e`	completed	April 1, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cfdbb92ffc81909de907f2bb64dd58`	completed	April 3, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cfdc9868fc8190addad6b87b567277`	completed	April 3, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cfe0aafe4c81908a5b31590f6c9152`	completed	April 3, 2026, 3:45 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:07 p.m.