Triple

T11712827
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Weldon Johnson E278414 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object James W. Johnson
James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
E949885 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: James W. Johnson | Statement: [James Weldon Johnson, alsoKnownAs, James W. Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James W. Johnson
Context triple: [James Weldon Johnson, alsoKnownAs, James W. Johnson]
  • A. James A. Johnson
    James A. Johnson was the husband of pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, supporting her career during the civil rights era and the space race.
  • B. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is the American football coach and broadcaster better known as Jimmy Johnson, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.
  • D. John F. Johnson
    John F. Johnson is an individual known primarily in this context as the husband of Diane Johnson.
  • E. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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: James W. Johnson
Triple: [James Weldon Johnson, alsoKnownAs, James W. Johnson]
Generated description
James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James W. Johnson
Target entity description: James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
  • A. James A. Johnson
    James A. Johnson was the husband of pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, supporting her career during the civil rights era and the space race.
  • B. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is the American football coach and broadcaster better known as Jimmy Johnson, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.
  • D. John F. Johnson
    John F. Johnson is an individual known primarily in this context as the husband of Diane Johnson.
  • E. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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_69d6aaff2ce88190b4a1e4b341ad5377 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4be10088190854699385d1f6a95 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f1665e02f88190b805c72d3944a565 completed April 29, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f170034b488190a6976d3333823caa completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f17805325881908b98eb9c8fc59778 completed April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.