Triple

T18698009
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University E457170 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)
Frothingham refers to a benefactor family or individual whose philanthropy endowed the Frothingham Professorship of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University.
 E1338941 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: Frothingham (benefactor family or individual) | Statement: [Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University, namedAfter, Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)
Context triple: [Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University, namedAfter, Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)]
  • A. Rowe family (benefactors)
    The Rowe family are notable philanthropists recognized for their significant financial contributions to educational institutions, including the endowment that led to the naming of the Rowe School of Business.
  • B. Martin family (benefactors)
    The Martin family (benefactors) is a philanthropic family recognized for major charitable contributions that have supported institutions such as the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.
  • C. Boughton family
    The Boughton family is a local lineage significant enough in the history of Boughtonville, Ohio, that the community was named in their honor.
  • D. Apthorp family
    The Apthorp family is a prominent New England lineage known for its influence in colonial American commerce, politics, and society.
  • E. Belmont family
    The Belmont family is a prominent American dynasty known for its significant influence in politics, finance, and society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)
Triple: [Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University, namedAfter, Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)]
Generated description
Frothingham refers to a benefactor family or individual whose philanthropy endowed the Frothingham Professorship of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frothingham (benefactor family or individual)
Target entity description: Frothingham refers to a benefactor family or individual whose philanthropy endowed the Frothingham Professorship of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University.
  • A. Rowe family (benefactors)
    The Rowe family are notable philanthropists recognized for their significant financial contributions to educational institutions, including the endowment that led to the naming of the Rowe School of Business.
  • B. Martin family (benefactors)
    The Martin family (benefactors) is a philanthropic family recognized for major charitable contributions that have supported institutions such as the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.
  • C. Boughton family
    The Boughton family is a local lineage significant enough in the history of Boughtonville, Ohio, that the community was named in their honor.
  • D. Apthorp family
    The Apthorp family is a prominent New England lineage known for its influence in colonial American commerce, politics, and society.
  • E. Belmont family
    The Belmont family is a prominent American dynasty known for its significant influence in politics, finance, and society during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69d8d392aad081909fe31aa03e6e97d1 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e562e984988190ae902d41edd8faff completed April 19, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a052b34a8108190a612e5334efb123c completed May 14, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a052cf643b48190b40115e6e3b8cb81 completed May 14, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a052e457dac8190a1160def70faad6e completed May 14, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.