Triple

T18725726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hokies E457893 entity
Predicate governingBody P46 FINISHED
Object Virginia Tech Department of Athletics
The Virginia Tech Department of Athletics is the administrative body that oversees and manages all varsity sports programs and athletic operations for Virginia Tech, home of the Hokies.
E1339985 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: Virginia Tech Department of Athletics | Statement: [Hokies, governingBody, Virginia Tech Department of Athletics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Tech Department of Athletics
Context triple: [Hokies, governingBody, Virginia Tech Department of Athletics]
  • A. Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors is the university’s governing body responsible for setting institutional policies, overseeing strategic direction, and making high-level decisions on academic, financial, and administrative matters.
  • B. Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Department
    The Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Department oversees and manages the VCU Rams’ intercollegiate sports programs and related athletic operations.
  • C. Virginia Tech men's soccer program
    The Virginia Tech men's soccer program is the collegiate soccer team representing Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, competing at the NCAA Division I level and known for its participation in one of the nation's strongest soccer conferences.
  • D. Virginia Tech
    Virginia Tech is a major public research university in Blacksburg, Virginia, known for its strong engineering programs, large campus community, and prominent athletics.
  • E. Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
    Virginia Tech Hokies baseball is the NCAA Division I college baseball program of Virginia Tech, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and known for its passionate fan base and in-state rivalry with the University of Virginia.
  • 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: Virginia Tech Department of Athletics
Triple: [Hokies, governingBody, Virginia Tech Department of Athletics]
Generated description
The Virginia Tech Department of Athletics is the administrative body that oversees and manages all varsity sports programs and athletic operations for Virginia Tech, home of the Hokies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Tech Department of Athletics
Target entity description: The Virginia Tech Department of Athletics is the administrative body that oversees and manages all varsity sports programs and athletic operations for Virginia Tech, home of the Hokies.
  • A. Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors is the university’s governing body responsible for setting institutional policies, overseeing strategic direction, and making high-level decisions on academic, financial, and administrative matters.
  • B. Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Department
    The Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics Department oversees and manages the VCU Rams’ intercollegiate sports programs and related athletic operations.
  • C. Virginia Tech men's soccer program
    The Virginia Tech men's soccer program is the collegiate soccer team representing Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, competing at the NCAA Division I level and known for its participation in one of the nation's strongest soccer conferences.
  • D. Virginia Tech
    Virginia Tech is a major public research university in Blacksburg, Virginia, known for its strong engineering programs, large campus community, and prominent athletics.
  • E. Virginia Tech Hokies baseball
    Virginia Tech Hokies baseball is the NCAA Division I college baseball program of Virginia Tech, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and known for its passionate fan base and in-state rivalry with the University of Virginia.
  • 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_69d8d393ba9c8190a8b03b04ddbb0a09 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e56d73f68c81908a9ddf2cc2fb9813 completed April 20, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05325630e881908720d703b24bcee2 completed May 14, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a053402521c8190927afa670fb8e38e completed May 14, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05349009e481909fb757415468aa70 completed May 14, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:50 a.m.