Triple
T1194054
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard University School of Law |
E25626
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumnus |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Hastie
William Hastie was a pioneering African American jurist, civil rights advocate, and the first Black federal appellate judge in the United States.
|
E298337
|
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: William Hastie | Statement: [Howard University School of Law, notableAlumnus, William Hastie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hastie Context triple: [Howard University School of Law, notableAlumnus, William Hastie]
-
A.
Hugo L. Black
Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.
-
B.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
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C.
Luther L. Terry
Luther L. Terry was an American physician and U.S. Surgeon General best known for issuing the landmark 1964 report that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and transformed public health policy on tobacco.
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D.
Justice Willis Van Devanter
Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
-
E.
James M. Landis
James M. Landis was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal administrator who helped shape U.S. securities regulation and public administration in the mid-20th century.
- 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: William Hastie Triple: [Howard University School of Law, notableAlumnus, William Hastie]
Generated description
William Hastie was a pioneering African American jurist, civil rights advocate, and the first Black federal appellate judge in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hastie Target entity description: William Hastie was a pioneering African American jurist, civil rights advocate, and the first Black federal appellate judge in the United States.
-
A.
Hugo L. Black
Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.
-
B.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and a pioneering civil rights lawyer who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, helping dismantle legal segregation in the United States.
-
C.
Luther L. Terry
Luther L. Terry was an American physician and U.S. Surgeon General best known for issuing the landmark 1964 report that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and transformed public health policy on tobacco.
-
D.
Justice Willis Van Devanter
Justice Willis Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President William Howard Taft, known for his conservative jurisprudence and frequent opposition to New Deal legislation.
-
E.
James M. Landis
James M. Landis was an influential American lawyer, legal scholar, and New Deal administrator who helped shape U.S. securities regulation and public administration in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd7743548190a70d3f3c7378aaa7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc616800c819090f6fcddb6930060 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc686bd908190ba3f865576c40d46 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc6e92f0481908211fea3a6d4e05b |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.