Triple
T13150878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. Kamau Bell |
E312462
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Kamau Bell
Walter Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator best known for his Emmy-winning CNN docuseries "United Shades of America."
|
E1023927
|
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: Walter Kamau Bell | Statement: [W. Kamau Bell, birthName, Walter Kamau Bell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kamau Bell Context triple: [W. Kamau Bell, birthName, Walter Kamau Bell]
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A.
Johnstone Kamau
Johnstone Kamau is the birth name of Jomo Kenyatta, the prominent Kenyan nationalist leader and first president of independent Kenya.
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B.
Charles Peter Mayiga
Charles Peter Mayiga is a Ugandan lawyer, cultural leader, and politician who serves as the prime minister (Katikkiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda.
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C.
Kale Kayihura
Kale Kayihura is a Ugandan military officer and former Inspector General of Police who became a prominent and controversial figure in President Yoweri Museveni’s security apparatus.
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D.
Joseph Gikatilla
Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
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E.
Robert Ouko
Robert Ouko was a prominent Kenyan politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before his high-profile and still controversial assassination in 1990.
- 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: Walter Kamau Bell Triple: [W. Kamau Bell, birthName, Walter Kamau Bell]
Generated description
Walter Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator best known for his Emmy-winning CNN docuseries "United Shades of America."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Kamau Bell Target entity description: Walter Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator best known for his Emmy-winning CNN docuseries "United Shades of America."
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A.
Johnstone Kamau
Johnstone Kamau is the birth name of Jomo Kenyatta, the prominent Kenyan nationalist leader and first president of independent Kenya.
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B.
Charles Peter Mayiga
Charles Peter Mayiga is a Ugandan lawyer, cultural leader, and politician who serves as the prime minister (Katikkiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda.
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C.
Kale Kayihura
Kale Kayihura is a Ugandan military officer and former Inspector General of Police who became a prominent and controversial figure in President Yoweri Museveni’s security apparatus.
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D.
Joseph Gikatilla
Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
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E.
Robert Ouko
Robert Ouko was a prominent Kenyan politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before his high-profile and still controversial assassination in 1990.
- 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_69d806aabde48190899e13e41659cae5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98bd1fc408190b4b5ca973bcee403 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6eaea3f888190b47ed7bf1c52e7e7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6eedfd06c8190b6fe8055e54ca322 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6ef7479a881909abf6caa21bdcc86 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:11 p.m.