Triple
T988570
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Drexel University |
E21334
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Anthony J. Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel was a prominent 19th-century American banker and philanthropist who played a key role in modernizing finance and advancing higher education in the United States.
|
E136724
|
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: Anthony J. Drexel | Statement: [Drexel University, foundedBy, Anthony J. Drexel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony J. Drexel Context triple: [Drexel University, foundedBy, Anthony J. Drexel]
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A.
Richard B. Mellon
Richard B. Mellon was an American banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon family who played a major role in early 20th-century finance and industry.
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B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
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C.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
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D.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
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E.
William W. Grainger
William W. Grainger was an American industrialist and founder of the industrial supply company W.W. Grainger, whose philanthropy significantly supported engineering education.
- 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: Anthony J. Drexel Triple: [Drexel University, foundedBy, Anthony J. Drexel]
Generated description
Anthony J. Drexel was a prominent 19th-century American banker and philanthropist who played a key role in modernizing finance and advancing higher education in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony J. Drexel Target entity description: Anthony J. Drexel was a prominent 19th-century American banker and philanthropist who played a key role in modernizing finance and advancing higher education in the United States.
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A.
Richard B. Mellon
Richard B. Mellon was an American banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon family who played a major role in early 20th-century finance and industry.
-
B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
-
C.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
-
D.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
-
E.
William W. Grainger
William W. Grainger was an American industrialist and founder of the industrial supply company W.W. Grainger, whose philanthropy significantly supported engineering education.
- 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4a89a58819081a24b5b0a12f122 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac763582c48190bcf038162a1dea1c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac770141a88190b71552d46fb4d2ad |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac777a7768819098b9d4dd771a6750 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.