Triple
T1140640
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Birth of a Nation |
E23441
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Dixon Jr.
Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
|
E129634
|
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: Thomas Dixon Jr. | Statement: [The Birth of a Nation, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Dixon Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dixon Jr. Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Dixon Jr.]
-
A.
R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton was a prominent mid-20th-century Dallas businessman and civic leader who played a key role in the city’s economic growth and urban development.
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B.
Charles Cabell
Charles Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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C.
T.S. Nowlin
T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
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D.
E. D. Nixon
E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
- 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: Thomas Dixon Jr. Triple: [The Birth of a Nation, basedOnAuthor, Thomas Dixon Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dixon Jr. Target entity description: Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
-
A.
R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton was a prominent mid-20th-century Dallas businessman and civic leader who played a key role in the city’s economic growth and urban development.
-
B.
Charles Cabell
Charles Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
-
C.
T.S. Nowlin
T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
-
D.
E. D. Nixon
E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
-
E.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
- 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc290ae08190afbf7e7ea2100d9e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac59b020d48190bc6ecbdb720c6779 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5a7599048190a46b0d560270ffa4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5af24a948190a37c832508149a48 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.