Triple
T14649159
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Figures in Black |
E343931
|
entity |
| Predicate | writtenBy |
P806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
E68871
|
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: Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Statement: [Figures in Black, writtenBy, Henry Louis Gates Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Context triple: [Figures in Black, writtenBy, Henry Louis Gates Jr.]
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A.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
chosen
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an influential American literary critic, scholar of African American studies, and public intellectual known for his work on Black literature, cultural history, and genealogy.
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B.
Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill is an American academic, author, and television commentator known for his work on social justice, race, and politics.
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C.
Joseph Meyerhoff
Joseph Meyerhoff was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist best known for his major support of the arts, particularly classical music, in Baltimore.
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D.
K. B. Asante
K. B. Asante was a prominent Ghanaian diplomat, writer, and public intellectual known for his influential role in the country’s post-independence political and educational discourse.
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E.
Lionel Jefferson
Lionel Jefferson is a central character in the sitcom universe of All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons, known as the intelligent and witty son of George and Louise Jefferson.
- 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_69d822e1a2cc81908e5bb93cf61ce3cc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb4ed037c8190a87bf43f839fec05 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdfb7ab30c8190af49268b6f93aeb1 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:26 a.m.