Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Towson University E515136 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Maryland State Normal School
Maryland State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Towson University in Maryland.
 E1457820 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: Maryland State Normal School | Statement: [Towson University, formerName, Maryland State Normal School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maryland State Normal School
Context triple: [Towson University, formerName, Maryland State Normal School]
  • A. New Jersey State Normal School
    New Jersey State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into The College of New Jersey, a public university in Ewing, New Jersey.
  • B. Potsdam Normal School
    Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
  • C. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • D. Superior Normal School
    Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
  • E. National Normal College
    National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
  • 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: Maryland State Normal School
Triple: [Towson University, formerName, Maryland State Normal School]
Generated description
Maryland State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Towson University in Maryland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maryland State Normal School
Target entity description: Maryland State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Towson University in Maryland.
  • A. New Jersey State Normal School
    New Jersey State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into The College of New Jersey, a public university in Ewing, New Jersey.
  • B. Potsdam Normal School
    Potsdam Normal School was a 19th- and early 20th-century teacher-training institution in Potsdam, New York, that later evolved into the State University of New York at Potsdam.
  • C. Northern State Normal School
    Northern State Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
  • D. Superior Normal School
    Superior Normal School was the original teacher-training institution that later evolved into the University of Wisconsin–Superior.
  • E. National Normal College
    National Normal College was an early teacher-training institution in China that later evolved into what is now Hunan Normal University.
  • 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_69e0b4f9d5ec8190bb2bd27350ed341c completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6ec647028819082031eb706a62ad5 completed April 21, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a091fc6e5188190b1c7cd65c737da56 completed May 17, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0920eafb048190a93885530a357b83 completed May 17, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0921b56d3881908c7d71c11bc3b925 completed May 17, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m.