Triple
T15156579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nixon v. Herndon |
E362095
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
C. F. Herndon
C. F. Herndon was the Texas election official who served as the named defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Nixon v. Herndon, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election laws.
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E1153315
|
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: C. F. Herndon | Statement: [Nixon v. Herndon, defendant, C. F. Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. F. Herndon Context triple: [Nixon v. Herndon, defendant, C. F. Herndon]
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A.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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B.
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent Atlanta entrepreneur and founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, making him one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
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D.
Horace L. McBride
Horace L. McBride was a United States Army major general who commanded the 80th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II.
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E.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
- 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: C. F. Herndon Triple: [Nixon v. Herndon, defendant, C. F. Herndon]
Generated description
C. F. Herndon was the Texas election official who served as the named defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Nixon v. Herndon, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election laws.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. F. Herndon Target entity description: C. F. Herndon was the Texas election official who served as the named defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Nixon v. Herndon, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election laws.
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A.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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B.
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent Atlanta entrepreneur and founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, making him one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
-
D.
Horace L. McBride
Horace L. McBride was a United States Army major general who commanded the 80th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II.
-
E.
Joseph Franklin Fulks
Joseph Franklin Fulks was an early NBA star and Hall of Fame forward for the Philadelphia Warriors, known as one of professional basketball’s first great scorers.
- 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff0b35c5488190a22195578c6da855 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff0df908848190b05c2ecf64f10b08 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff0e8f3b4481909642c91f1a54843c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.