Triple
T940927
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Columbia Business School |
E20302
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lionel Pincus
Lionel Pincus was an American financier best known as a pioneering private equity investor and co-founder of the investment firm Warburg Pincus.
|
E112512
|
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: Lionel Pincus | Statement: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Lionel Pincus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Pincus Context triple: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Lionel Pincus]
-
A.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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B.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
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C.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
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D.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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E.
Walter Hopps
Walter Hopps was an influential American museum director and curator known for championing avant-garde and contemporary artists, particularly on the West Coast.
- 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: Lionel Pincus Triple: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Lionel Pincus]
Generated description
Lionel Pincus was an American financier best known as a pioneering private equity investor and co-founder of the investment firm Warburg Pincus.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel Pincus Target entity description: Lionel Pincus was an American financier best known as a pioneering private equity investor and co-founder of the investment firm Warburg Pincus.
-
A.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
-
B.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
-
C.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
-
D.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
-
E.
Walter Hopps
Walter Hopps was an influential American museum director and curator known for championing avant-garde and contemporary artists, particularly on the West Coast.
- 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_69a493b0270c81909e6c9ce310f6aa55 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b38cc6888190b1d9043ec8fbcbc3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a933a643708190a8d3da54b1e91bcf |
completed | March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a93a0c69f881909e8843c7c8ca7d9d |
completed | March 5, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aa926943788190857398fecfd9c9da |
completed | March 6, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.