Triple

T13067361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. R. Clifford E329362 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object John Robert Clifford
John Robert Clifford was a pioneering African American lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights advocate from West Virginia who fought early legal battles against racial segregation.
E1037032 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: John Robert Clifford | Statement: [J. R. Clifford, fullName, John Robert Clifford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Robert Clifford
Context triple: [J. R. Clifford, fullName, John Robert Clifford]
  • A. Edward Montgomery Clift
    Edward Montgomery Clift was an influential American film and stage actor known for his emotionally intense, naturalistic performances in classic mid-20th-century films such as "A Place in the Sun" and "From Here to Eternity."
  • B. John Maurice Clark
    John Maurice Clark was an influential American economist known for his work on economic planning, business cycles, and the concept of the acceleration principle in investment.
  • C. Clarence Budington Kelland
    Clarence Budington Kelland was an American writer best known for his prolific output of popular short stories and novels, many of which were adapted into films and widely read in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert Earle Clarke
    Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player best known as a Hall of Fame center and longtime captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
  • E. Victor A. Crutchley
    Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
  • 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: John Robert Clifford
Triple: [J. R. Clifford, fullName, John Robert Clifford]
Generated description
John Robert Clifford was a pioneering African American lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights advocate from West Virginia who fought early legal battles against racial segregation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Robert Clifford
Target entity description: John Robert Clifford was a pioneering African American lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights advocate from West Virginia who fought early legal battles against racial segregation.
  • A. Edward Montgomery Clift
    Edward Montgomery Clift was an influential American film and stage actor known for his emotionally intense, naturalistic performances in classic mid-20th-century films such as "A Place in the Sun" and "From Here to Eternity."
  • B. John Maurice Clark
    John Maurice Clark was an influential American economist known for his work on economic planning, business cycles, and the concept of the acceleration principle in investment.
  • C. Clarence Budington Kelland
    Clarence Budington Kelland was an American writer best known for his prolific output of popular short stories and novels, many of which were adapted into films and widely read in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Robert Earle Clarke
    Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player best known as a Hall of Fame center and longtime captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
  • E. Victor A. Crutchley
    Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
  • 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_69d80771749c81909a6d9197b9504872 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d980ec8ba48190baf52c7823482680 completed April 10, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7265eba0481908417d2bb905874e5 completed May 3, 2026, 10:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f72a52e9dc8190a76c4c51d0e1cd07 completed May 3, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f72ab0cb0081908090c6ebab183788 completed May 3, 2026, 11 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9 p.m.