Triple

T18403107

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Batten College of Engineering and Technology	`E450044`	entity
Predicate	governedBy	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University The Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.	`E1321938`	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: Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University | Statement: [Batten College of Engineering and Technology, governedBy, Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University
Context triple: [Batten College of Engineering and Technology, governedBy, Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University]

A. Board of Visitors of Virginia State University
The Board of Visitors of Virginia State University is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
B. University of Virginia Board of Visitors
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is the institution’s governing board, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
C. Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary
The Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary is the university’s governing board responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and institutional policies.
D. Board of Visitors of Christopher Newport University
The Board of Visitors of Christopher Newport University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding its strategic direction.
E. Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute
The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration and finances, and guiding the strategic direction of VMI.
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: Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University
Triple: [Batten College of Engineering and Technology, governedBy, Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University]

Generated description

The Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University
Target entity description: The Board of Visitors of Old Dominion University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.

A. Board of Visitors of Virginia State University
The Board of Visitors of Virginia State University is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding the university’s strategic direction.
B. University of Virginia Board of Visitors
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is the institution’s governing board, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and overall administration.
C. Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary
The Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary is the university’s governing board responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, finances, and institutional policies.
D. Board of Visitors of Christopher Newport University
The Board of Visitors of Christopher Newport University is the institution’s governing body responsible for setting policy, overseeing finances and administration, and guiding its strategic direction.
E. Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute
The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute is the institution’s governing board responsible for setting policy, overseeing administration and finances, and guiding the strategic direction of VMI.
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_69d8b9fab8a8819086a9ddc0871715e0`	completed	April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e519537eb88190bc85d21471e27c26`	completed	April 19, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a03e24617ec8190b476946d0f567e34`	completed	May 13, 2026, 2:30 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a03e2bbcee08190a2b8cb25ebbe8ec8`	completed	May 13, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a03e352c8d08190b64e98a9bf382649`	completed	May 13, 2026, 2:34 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:46 a.m.