Triple

T15010581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henrietta Lacks E377824 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object David Lacks
David Lacks was the husband of Henrietta Lacks, remembered primarily for his connection to her story and the legacy of the HeLa cells in medical research.
 E1139720 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: David Lacks | Statement: [Henrietta Lacks, spouse, David Lacks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Lacks
Context triple: [Henrietta Lacks, spouse, David Lacks]
  • A. Alvin Marks
    Alvin Marks was an American inventor known for his work on advanced energy technologies and high-efficiency lighting concepts.
  • B. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • C. Louis Jay Meyers
    Louis Jay Meyers was an American music promoter and co-founder of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, known for his influential role in shaping Austin’s music and creative industries.
  • D. Michael Bostick
    Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
  • E. John Fagan
    John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
  • 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: David Lacks
Triple: [Henrietta Lacks, spouse, David Lacks]
Generated description
David Lacks was the husband of Henrietta Lacks, remembered primarily for his connection to her story and the legacy of the HeLa cells in medical research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Lacks
Target entity description: David Lacks was the husband of Henrietta Lacks, remembered primarily for his connection to her story and the legacy of the HeLa cells in medical research.
  • A. Alvin Marks
    Alvin Marks was an American inventor known for his work on advanced energy technologies and high-efficiency lighting concepts.
  • B. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • C. Louis Jay Meyers
    Louis Jay Meyers was an American music promoter and co-founder of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, known for his influential role in shaping Austin’s music and creative industries.
  • D. Michael Bostick
    Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
  • E. John Fagan
    John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
  • 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_69d85cd3a3c881908c71fc424d459c17 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded734943481908dad4ceed4fe850c completed April 15, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febfd6a6e081909be6d0f669687395 completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec16b0f488190bf87aa51e15cce5d completed May 9, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec1c63d9081909dbe1386e9b353e0 completed May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.