Triple
T1822914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Josiah E. DuBois Jr. |
E40581
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
DuBois
DuBois is a surname most notably associated with figures such as civil rights leader and scholar W. E. B. Du Bois and various other prominent individuals in American history.
|
E30664
|
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: DuBois | Statement: [Josiah E. DuBois Jr., familyName, DuBois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DuBois Context triple: [Josiah E. DuBois Jr., familyName, DuBois]
-
A.
Ibram
Ibram is the given name of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent American historian and leading scholar of antiracism.
-
B.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
-
C.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
-
D.
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
-
E.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
- 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: DuBois Triple: [Josiah E. DuBois Jr., familyName, DuBois]
Generated description
DuBois is a surname most notably associated with figures such as civil rights leader and scholar W. E. B. Du Bois and various other prominent individuals in American history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DuBois Target entity description: DuBois is a surname most notably associated with figures such as civil rights leader and scholar W. E. B. Du Bois and various other prominent individuals in American history.
-
A.
Ibram
Ibram is the given name of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent American historian and leading scholar of antiracism.
-
B.
Horace Cayton
Horace Cayton was an influential African American sociologist, journalist, and author whose work documented Black urban life and helped shape the intellectual landscape of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
-
C.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
-
D.
W. E. B. Du Bois
chosen
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
-
E.
Ibram Henry Rogers
Ibram Henry Rogers, better known as Ibram X. Kendi, is an American historian, author, and leading scholar of antiracism and race studies.
- F. None of above.
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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa662d13e88190a22b0faf0d848c7d |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf6722f081908c5368a09d1507ac |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adc0a4ab488190b8ff962980abb5b7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc13330888190a2b99c6fcbb97d49 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.