Triple

T14041601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Johns E337859 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Vernon Johns
Vernon Johns was an influential African American Baptist minister and early civil rights leader whose outspoken activism helped lay the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
E1086682 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: Vernon Johns | Statement: [Barbara Johns, relative, Vernon Johns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon Johns
Context triple: [Barbara Johns, relative, Vernon Johns]
  • A. George Gaynes
    George Gaynes was a Finnish-American actor best known for his comedic role as Commandant Eric Lassard in the "Police Academy" film series and as the adoptive father in the movie and TV series "Punky Brewster."
  • B. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • C. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • D. Gilroy Roberts
    Gilroy Roberts was an American sculptor and engraver best known as the ninth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint and for creating the obverse portrait of President John F. Kennedy on the Kennedy half dollar.
  • E. Earl Coleman
    Earl Coleman was an American jazz baritone vocalist known for his smooth, romantic style and collaborations with prominent bebop musicians 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: Vernon Johns
Triple: [Barbara Johns, relative, Vernon Johns]
Generated description
Vernon Johns was an influential African American Baptist minister and early civil rights leader whose outspoken activism helped lay the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon Johns
Target entity description: Vernon Johns was an influential African American Baptist minister and early civil rights leader whose outspoken activism helped lay the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
  • A. George Gaynes
    George Gaynes was a Finnish-American actor best known for his comedic role as Commandant Eric Lassard in the "Police Academy" film series and as the adoptive father in the movie and TV series "Punky Brewster."
  • B. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • C. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • D. Gilroy Roberts
    Gilroy Roberts was an American sculptor and engraver best known as the ninth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint and for creating the obverse portrait of President John F. Kennedy on the Kennedy half dollar.
  • E. Earl Coleman
    Earl Coleman was an American jazz baritone vocalist known for his smooth, romantic style and collaborations with prominent bebop musicians 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_69d81c664e48819088cbd8f433aeffe5 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de311814e48190adb637e1c97c0658 completed April 14, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd192ee1ac81908663ebd2e06784f1 completed May 7, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd2315cf6881908fc83b273c966cae completed May 7, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd238d6a7c8190980388e9027e3a72 completed May 7, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.