Triple

T9437042

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Vancouver Island University	`E227536`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University The Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University is the institution’s primary governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial management, and overall institutional accountability.	`E799748`	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 Governors of Vancouver Island University | Statement: [Vancouver Island University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University]

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University
Context triple: [Vancouver Island University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University]

A. Board of Governors of the University of Victoria
The Board of Governors of the University of Victoria is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial management, and overall administration.
B. Board of Governors of Camosun College
The Board of Governors of Camosun College is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional accountability.
C. Board of Governors of Mount Royal University
The Board of Governors of Mount Royal University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional accountability.
D. Board of Regents of Victoria University
The Board of Regents of Victoria University is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, policies, and overall administration within the University of Toronto federation.
E. Board of Governors of MacEwan University
The Board of Governors of MacEwan University is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional governance.
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 Governors of Vancouver Island University
Triple: [Vancouver Island University, governingBody, Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University]

Generated description

The Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University is the institution’s primary governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial management, and overall institutional accountability.

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University
Target entity description: The Board of Governors of Vancouver Island University is the institution’s primary governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial management, and overall institutional accountability.

A. Board of Governors of the University of Victoria
The Board of Governors of the University of Victoria is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial management, and overall administration.
B. Board of Governors of Camosun College
The Board of Governors of Camosun College is the institution’s senior governing body responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional accountability.
C. Board of Governors of Mount Royal University
The Board of Governors of Mount Royal University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional accountability.
D. Board of Regents of Victoria University
The Board of Regents of Victoria University is the primary governing body responsible for overseeing the university’s strategic direction, policies, and overall administration within the University of Toronto federation.
E. Board of Governors of MacEwan University
The Board of Governors of MacEwan University is the institution’s highest governing authority, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, financial stewardship, and overall institutional governance.
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_69ca8437a7ac81908651de48f2d2141d`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cd7ede1e148190b5793863a851c92c`	completed	April 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d1104ed8d081909acb08b13cf35555`	completed	April 4, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d111a770c881909a2902d36cd7913c`	completed	April 4, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d112634fb48190b4c7e9d997d27928`	completed	April 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:50 p.m.