Triple

T14328664
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mumbo Jumbo E355280 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Black Herman
Black Herman was a famous early 20th-century African American stage magician and illusionist known for his elaborate outdoor shows and dramatic "buried alive" stunts.
E1094300 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: Black Herman | Statement: [Mumbo Jumbo, hasCharacter, Black Herman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Herman
Context triple: [Mumbo Jumbo, hasCharacter, Black Herman]
  • A. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • B. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of American actor Ray Walston, known for his roles in "My Favorite Martian" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • C. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of the American blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is a person known by the given name Herman, associated with the role or title of Junior Cook.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is a masculine given name of Germanic origin commonly used in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian contexts.
  • 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: Black Herman
Triple: [Mumbo Jumbo, hasCharacter, Black Herman]
Generated description
Black Herman was a famous early 20th-century African American stage magician and illusionist known for his elaborate outdoor shows and dramatic "buried alive" stunts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Herman
Target entity description: Black Herman was a famous early 20th-century African American stage magician and illusionist known for his elaborate outdoor shows and dramatic "buried alive" stunts.
  • A. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • B. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of American actor Ray Walston, known for his roles in "My Favorite Martian" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • C. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of the American blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is a person known by the given name Herman, associated with the role or title of Junior Cook.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is a masculine given name of Germanic origin commonly used in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian contexts.
  • 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de8c1c3e70819084b6728ac5c18561 completed April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd46927af48190b91095d852fcacbe completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd47fa764c8190b1d691f5847b7a05 completed May 8, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd492226888190a014b23e506ab19c completed May 8, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.