Triple
T14302459
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colby College |
E354601
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gardiner Colby
Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
|
E1091550
|
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: Gardiner Colby | Statement: [Colby College, namedAfter, Gardiner Colby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gardiner Colby Context triple: [Colby College, namedAfter, Gardiner Colby]
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A.
Bainbridge Colby
Bainbridge Colby was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson in the final years of World War I and its aftermath.
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B.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell was an influential American educator and legal scholar who served as president of Harvard University in the early 20th century, overseeing major reforms and expansion of the institution.
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C.
William Tufts Brigham
William Tufts Brigham was an American geologist, botanist, and the first director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, known for his extensive work on Hawaiian natural history and ethnology.
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D.
Franklin Haven Sargent
Franklin Haven Sargent was an American educator and theatrical innovator best known for establishing one of the first professional acting schools in the United States.
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E.
Theodore Lyman III
Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
- 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: Gardiner Colby Triple: [Colby College, namedAfter, Gardiner Colby]
Generated description
Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gardiner Colby Target entity description: Gardiner Colby was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose support and influence led to Colby College bearing his name.
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A.
Bainbridge Colby
Bainbridge Colby was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson in the final years of World War I and its aftermath.
-
B.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell was an influential American educator and legal scholar who served as president of Harvard University in the early 20th century, overseeing major reforms and expansion of the institution.
-
C.
William Tufts Brigham
William Tufts Brigham was an American geologist, botanist, and the first director of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, known for his extensive work on Hawaiian natural history and ethnology.
-
D.
Franklin Haven Sargent
Franklin Haven Sargent was an American educator and theatrical innovator best known for establishing one of the first professional acting schools in the United States.
-
E.
Theodore Lyman III
Theodore Lyman III was a 19th-century American politician, philanthropist, and mayor of Boston known for his civic reforms and support of social welfare initiatives.
- 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_69d8278e17088190b328c5a9d4be74ff |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de717fc2348190bb6ba3109bd2871f |
completed | April 14, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd3d2883e081909c53170ef30b4125 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd3dc46b408190b7c515156f81f1fc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd3eb045488190b44812eb638807ff |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.