Triple
T12935675
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Witherspoon (actor) |
E309499
|
entity |
| Predicate | playedCharacter |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John "Pops" Williams |
E809280
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John "Pops" Williams | Statement: [John Witherspoon (actor), playedCharacter, John "Pops" Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John "Pops" Williams Context triple: [John Witherspoon (actor), playedCharacter, John "Pops" Williams]
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A.
John "Pops" Williams
chosen
John "Pops" Williams is the gruff but lovable father and diner owner who provides comic relief and guidance to his sons on the sitcom "The Wayans Bros."
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B.
Frank Dukes
Frank Dukes is a Canadian record producer and songwriter known for his influential sample libraries and work with major hip-hop and R&B artists.
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C.
David Ellington
David Ellington is the protagonist of the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Howling Man," a traveler who becomes entangled in a sinister mystery at a remote European monastery.
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D.
William Ashford
William Ashford was an 18th–19th century English-born Irish landscape painter renowned for his depictions of the Irish countryside and his role as a leading figure in Irish art.
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E.
Spurgeon Ellington
Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdfa933c8190b5a27aa4a08a19b7 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97dc76d688190bd58a23351373666 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af6d16388190abc848ac67bf1fb9 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:42 p.m.