Triple

T17547688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael S. McPherson E427370 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object Morton Owen Schapiro
Morton Owen Schapiro is an American economist and higher-education leader best known for his work on college affordability and for serving as president of Northwestern University.
E1444228 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: Morton Owen Schapiro | Statement: [Michael S. McPherson, coAuthorWith, Morton Owen Schapiro]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morton Owen Schapiro
Context triple: [Michael S. McPherson, coAuthorWith, Morton Owen Schapiro]
  • A. Harold A. Shapiro
    Harold A. Shapiro is a mathematician known for his contributions to approximation theory and numerical analysis, including coauthoring influential works with Philip J. Davis.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Morton Abramowitz
    Morton Abramowitz is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert known for his leadership in international conflict prevention and humanitarian advocacy.
  • D. Edwin M. Kahn
    Edwin M. Kahn was a financier associated with the prominent New York investment banking firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., which played a major role in American railroad and industrial finance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Milton J. Rubenstein
    Milton J. Rubenstein was a philanthropist and prominent supporter of science and technology education, for whom the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York is named.
  • 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: Morton Owen Schapiro
Triple: [Michael S. McPherson, coAuthorWith, Morton Owen Schapiro]
Generated description
Morton Owen Schapiro is an American economist and higher-education leader best known for his work on college affordability and for serving as president of Northwestern University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morton Owen Schapiro
Target entity description: Morton Owen Schapiro is an American economist and higher-education leader best known for his work on college affordability and for serving as president of Northwestern University.
  • A. Harold A. Shapiro
    Harold A. Shapiro is a mathematician known for his contributions to approximation theory and numerical analysis, including coauthoring influential works with Philip J. Davis.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Morton Abramowitz
    Morton Abramowitz is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert known for his leadership in international conflict prevention and humanitarian advocacy.
  • D. Edwin M. Kahn
    Edwin M. Kahn was a financier associated with the prominent New York investment banking firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., which played a major role in American railroad and industrial finance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Milton J. Rubenstein
    Milton J. Rubenstein was a philanthropist and prominent supporter of science and technology education, for whom the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York is named.
  • 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_69d889df6dc081908f67dbadc03c07ee completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e454626cfc8190a2602ba4934b8e6d completed April 19, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd41a5ec8190a477565ecbd83bf2 completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d174278481909db394da2a7ff969 completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d293523c8190aaa01c6c73c9afd5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.