Triple
T16932942
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melvin B. Tolson |
E410756
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ruth Southall Tolson
Ruth Southall Tolson was the wife of poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson and a supportive partner in his academic and literary career.
|
E1244791
|
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: Ruth Southall Tolson | Statement: [Melvin B. Tolson, spouse, Ruth Southall Tolson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Southall Tolson Context triple: [Melvin B. Tolson, spouse, Ruth Southall Tolson]
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A.
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson was an influential African American poet and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, known for her poignant explorations of race, gender, and social justice.
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B.
Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker was an influential African American poet and novelist whose work, including the acclaimed novel "Jubilee," powerfully explored Black history, culture, and identity in the United States.
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C.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson was an American poet, journalist, educator, and civil rights activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance and early 20th-century Black feminist thought.
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D.
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an influential Harlem Renaissance novelist, poet, and editor whose work explored the lives and inner worlds of Black middle-class Americans.
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E.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks was a pioneering African American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner whose work powerfully depicted Black urban life and influenced generations of writers and artists.
- 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: Ruth Southall Tolson Triple: [Melvin B. Tolson, spouse, Ruth Southall Tolson]
Generated description
Ruth Southall Tolson was the wife of poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson and a supportive partner in his academic and literary career.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Southall Tolson Target entity description: Ruth Southall Tolson was the wife of poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson and a supportive partner in his academic and literary career.
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A.
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson was an influential African American poet and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, known for her poignant explorations of race, gender, and social justice.
-
B.
Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker was an influential African American poet and novelist whose work, including the acclaimed novel "Jubilee," powerfully explored Black history, culture, and identity in the United States.
-
C.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson was an American poet, journalist, educator, and civil rights activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance and early 20th-century Black feminist thought.
-
D.
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an influential Harlem Renaissance novelist, poet, and editor whose work explored the lives and inner worlds of Black middle-class Americans.
-
E.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks was a pioneering African American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner whose work powerfully depicted Black urban life and influenced generations of writers and artists.
- 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_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cf2650e08190b669d0cf2cf1275b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00dc024d7c8190b8055833ed8908d5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0114d33cac819083d8e542ea5bc274 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0115c967b0819088e2335fd45d755b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.