Triple

T12275555
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Damon Harris E292578 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Otis Robert Harris Jr.
Otis Robert Harris Jr., better known as Damon Harris, was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a member of The Temptations during the early 1970s.
E974806 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: Otis Robert Harris Jr. | Statement: [Damon Harris, birthName, Otis Robert Harris Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otis Robert Harris Jr.
Context triple: [Damon Harris, birthName, Otis Robert Harris Jr.]
  • A. Otis Smith
    Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
  • B. Otis Davis
    Otis Davis is an American sprinter best known for winning two gold medals and setting a world record at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
  • C. Otis Jackson Jr.
    Otis Jackson Jr., better known as Madlib, is an influential American DJ, producer, and rapper renowned for his innovative, sample-heavy approach to hip hop and experimental music.
  • D. Everett LeRoi Jones
    Everett LeRoi Jones, better known as Amiri Baraka, was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist associated with the Beat Generation and a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement.
  • E. Arthur Johnson
    Arthur Johnson is a collegiate sports administrator who serves as the athletic director overseeing Temple University's athletics program, including the men's basketball team.
  • 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: Otis Robert Harris Jr.
Triple: [Damon Harris, birthName, Otis Robert Harris Jr.]
Generated description
Otis Robert Harris Jr., better known as Damon Harris, was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a member of The Temptations during the early 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otis Robert Harris Jr.
Target entity description: Otis Robert Harris Jr., better known as Damon Harris, was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a member of The Temptations during the early 1970s.
  • A. Otis Smith
    Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
  • B. Otis Davis
    Otis Davis is an American sprinter best known for winning two gold medals and setting a world record at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
  • C. Otis Jackson Jr.
    Otis Jackson Jr., better known as Madlib, is an influential American DJ, producer, and rapper renowned for his innovative, sample-heavy approach to hip hop and experimental music.
  • D. Everett LeRoi Jones
    Everett LeRoi Jones, better known as Amiri Baraka, was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist associated with the Beat Generation and a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement.
  • E. Arthur Johnson
    Arthur Johnson is a collegiate sports administrator who serves as the athletic director overseeing Temple University's athletics program, including the men's basketball team.
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cef684081908adaee8e04facc2e completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.