Triple

T10591422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Auma Obama E249997 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Bernard Obama
Bernard Obama is a Kenyan man known primarily as a member of Barack Obama’s extended family and the brother of Auma Obama.
 E881809 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: Bernard Obama | Statement: [Auma Obama, relative, Bernard Obama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bernard Obama
Context triple: [Auma Obama, relative, Bernard Obama]
  • A. Auma Obama
    Auma Obama is a Kenyan-British community activist, author, and sociologist known for her work in sustainable development and as the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • B. Roy Obama
    Roy Obama is a Kenyan-born half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama, known primarily as a member of the Obama family.
  • C. Habiba Akumu Obama
    Habiba Akumu Obama was a Kenyan woman best known as the first wife of Hussein Onyango Obama and the paternal grandmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • D. Barack Obama Sr.
    Barack Obama Sr. was a Kenyan economist and government official best known as the father of U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • E. Malik Obama
    Malik Obama is a Kenyan-American businessman and politician best known as the older half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • 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: Bernard Obama
Triple: [Auma Obama, relative, Bernard Obama]
Generated description
Bernard Obama is a Kenyan man known primarily as a member of Barack Obama’s extended family and the brother of Auma Obama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bernard Obama
Target entity description: Bernard Obama is a Kenyan man known primarily as a member of Barack Obama’s extended family and the brother of Auma Obama.
  • A. Auma Obama
    Auma Obama is a Kenyan-British community activist, author, and sociologist known for her work in sustainable development and as the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • B. Roy Obama
    Roy Obama is a Kenyan-born half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama, known primarily as a member of the Obama family.
  • C. Habiba Akumu Obama
    Habiba Akumu Obama was a Kenyan woman best known as the first wife of Hussein Onyango Obama and the paternal grandmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • D. Barack Obama Sr.
    Barack Obama Sr. was a Kenyan economist and government official best known as the father of U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • E. Malik Obama
    Malik Obama is a Kenyan-American businessman and politician best known as the older half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5277c79808190acc872919eadd126 completed April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dbb6e6b0b081909c89d0e116cde87f completed April 12, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dbbbe3d9dc819088f85d41ef66ab29 completed April 12, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dbc58a5ef481908e67fff6686fb506 completed April 12, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.