Triple

T11343671
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Taurean Blacque E268662 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Herbert Middleton Jr.
Herbert Middleton Jr., better known by his stage name Taurean Blacque, was an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Neal Washington on the television series "Hill Street Blues."
 E920590 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: Herbert Middleton Jr. | Statement: [Taurean Blacque, birthName, Herbert Middleton Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert Middleton Jr.
Context triple: [Taurean Blacque, birthName, Herbert Middleton Jr.]
  • A. John Middleton
    John Middleton was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • B. Sir John Middleton
    Sir John Middleton is a benevolent country gentleman in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility," known for his generosity and hospitality toward the Dashwood family.
  • C. Arthur Middleton
    Arthur Middleton was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina.
  • D. Christopher Wolstenholme
    Christopher Wolstenholme is an English musician best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse.
  • E. Edmund Brock
    Edmund Brock is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Brock.
  • 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: Herbert Middleton Jr.
Triple: [Taurean Blacque, birthName, Herbert Middleton Jr.]
Generated description
Herbert Middleton Jr., better known by his stage name Taurean Blacque, was an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Neal Washington on the television series "Hill Street Blues."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert Middleton Jr.
Target entity description: Herbert Middleton Jr., better known by his stage name Taurean Blacque, was an American actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Neal Washington on the television series "Hill Street Blues."
  • A. John Middleton
    John Middleton was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • B. Sir John Middleton
    Sir John Middleton is a benevolent country gentleman in Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility," known for his generosity and hospitality toward the Dashwood family.
  • C. Arthur Middleton
    Arthur Middleton was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina.
  • D. Christopher Wolstenholme
    Christopher Wolstenholme is an English musician best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse.
  • E. Edmund Brock
    Edmund Brock is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Brock.
  • 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7ea1e360c8190a02d1e2d1d6f4b5d completed April 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5435f4e288190b9b0029dc35bf2c5 completed April 19, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5474aad3481909c1afb385cb5889b completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e54edb9ac08190a760de11857e791c completed April 19, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.