Triple

T15736424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William H. Johnson E381483 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Henry Johnson
William Henry Johnson was a pioneering African American modernist painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced depictions of Black life and culture in the United States and Europe.
E1180190 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: William Henry Johnson | Statement: [William H. Johnson, fullName, William Henry Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Johnson
Context triple: [William H. Johnson, fullName, William Henry Johnson]
  • A. Marcellus E. Foster
    Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
  • B. James W. Johnson
    James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
  • C. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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. William T. Williams
    William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
  • 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: William Henry Johnson
Triple: [William H. Johnson, fullName, William Henry Johnson]
Generated description
William Henry Johnson was a pioneering African American modernist painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced depictions of Black life and culture in the United States and Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Johnson
Target entity description: William Henry Johnson was a pioneering African American modernist painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced depictions of Black life and culture in the United States and Europe.
  • A. Marcellus E. Foster
    Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
  • B. James W. Johnson
    James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
  • C. Joseph MacMillan Johnson
    Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
  • 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. William T. Williams
    William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
  • 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_69d86d9cdb648190bf3171be0bd7d872 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04fd6eb888190b7a9b07b76e62c0d completed April 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffa129a6448190affdee9d0b1362bc completed May 9, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffa417ee248190808b0fecfb58d705 completed May 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffa5372f248190827cdc4985fee1ef completed May 9, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.