Triple

T9453477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis E227953 entity
Predicate hasHadOfficeHolder P9949 FINISHED
Object Mark S. Wrighton
Mark S. Wrighton is an American chemist and academic leader best known for serving as the long-time chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
 E800552 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: Mark S. Wrighton | Statement: [Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, hasHadOfficeHolder, Mark S. Wrighton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark S. Wrighton
Context triple: [Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, hasHadOfficeHolder, Mark S. Wrighton]
  • A. Michael M. Crow
    Michael M. Crow is an American academic leader and innovation-focused university administrator best known for transforming Arizona State University into a large, research-intensive public institution.
  • B. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • C. Herb Hicks
    Herb Hicks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or example bearer of the surname Hicks.
  • D. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • E. James E. Rogers
    James E. Rogers was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for his leadership in the cable television industry and his substantial charitable contributions to higher education.
  • 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: Mark S. Wrighton
Triple: [Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, hasHadOfficeHolder, Mark S. Wrighton]
Generated description
Mark S. Wrighton is an American chemist and academic leader best known for serving as the long-time chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mark S. Wrighton
Target entity description: Mark S. Wrighton is an American chemist and academic leader best known for serving as the long-time chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
  • A. Michael M. Crow
    Michael M. Crow is an American academic leader and innovation-focused university administrator best known for transforming Arizona State University into a large, research-intensive public institution.
  • B. Russell G. Cory
    Russell G. Cory was an architect known for his work on New York City's landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, a prominent example of early 20th-century industrial modernism.
  • C. Herb Hicks
    Herb Hicks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or example bearer of the surname Hicks.
  • D. William G. Bowen
    William G. Bowen was an influential American academic and university president, best known for leading Princeton University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for his work on higher education policy and access.
  • E. James E. Rogers
    James E. Rogers was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for his leadership in the cable television industry and his substantial charitable contributions to higher education.
  • 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_69ca8439f8bc8190997f2ef40c9f0bc2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7f8c7b3481909c1182b41d8c27a9 completed April 1, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1227b4fc881908c03409f78de1a87 completed April 4, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1233a63d481908e322b7e86b5d124 completed April 4, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d123d32c808190985da2639d2120f7 completed April 4, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:52 p.m.