Triple

T9437018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vancouver Island University E227536 entity
Predicate campus P269 FINISHED
Object Cowichan campus
Cowichan campus is a regional Vancouver Island University campus located in the Cowichan Valley, serving local students with a range of academic and vocational programs.
E800660 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: Cowichan campus | Statement: [Vancouver Island University, campus, Cowichan campus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowichan campus
Context triple: [Vancouver Island University, campus, Cowichan campus]
  • A. Nanaimo campus
    Nanaimo campus is the main campus of Vancouver Island University, located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and serving as the institution’s primary hub for academic and student life.
  • B. Camosun College
    Camosun College is a public community college in Victoria, British Columbia, known for its career-focused diploma, certificate, and university transfer programs.
  • C. Selkirk College
    Selkirk College is a public community college in British Columbia that serves the West Kootenay region with a range of academic, trades, and vocational programs.
  • D. University of Northern British Columbia
    The University of Northern British Columbia is a small, research-intensive public university in northern British Columbia known for its focus on environmental studies, northern and Indigenous issues, and community-engaged learning.
  • E. UBC Okanagan campus
    UBC Okanagan campus is the University of British Columbia’s Kelowna-based campus, known for its research-intensive programs and close-knit learning environment in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.
  • 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: Cowichan campus
Triple: [Vancouver Island University, campus, Cowichan campus]
Generated description
Cowichan campus is a regional Vancouver Island University campus located in the Cowichan Valley, serving local students with a range of academic and vocational programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowichan campus
Target entity description: Cowichan campus is a regional Vancouver Island University campus located in the Cowichan Valley, serving local students with a range of academic and vocational programs.
  • A. Nanaimo campus
    Nanaimo campus is the main campus of Vancouver Island University, located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and serving as the institution’s primary hub for academic and student life.
  • B. Camosun College
    Camosun College is a public community college in Victoria, British Columbia, known for its career-focused diploma, certificate, and university transfer programs.
  • C. Selkirk College
    Selkirk College is a public community college in British Columbia that serves the West Kootenay region with a range of academic, trades, and vocational programs.
  • D. University of Northern British Columbia
    The University of Northern British Columbia is a small, research-intensive public university in northern British Columbia known for its focus on environmental studies, northern and Indigenous issues, and community-engaged learning.
  • E. UBC Okanagan campus
    UBC Okanagan campus is the University of British Columbia’s Kelowna-based campus, known for its research-intensive programs and close-knit learning environment in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.
  • 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_69ca8437a7ac81908651de48f2d2141d completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7ede1e148190b5793863a851c92c completed April 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1225345488190a1fee54f6feb321d completed April 4, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1236ca6808190843f5723b5187992 completed April 4, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d123e548e88190a85c8b3822879b72 completed April 4, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:50 p.m.