Triple

T19822766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scottsboro Boys trials E476238 entity
Predicate defendant P2238 FINISHED
Object Willie Roberson — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Willie Roberson | Statement: [Scottsboro Boys trials, defendant, Willie Roberson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willie Roberson
Context triple: [Scottsboro Boys trials, defendant, Willie Roberson]
  • A. Willie Hutch
    Willie Hutch was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for his work with Motown and for composing influential film soundtracks in the 1970s.
  • B. Rudy Travis
    Rudy Travis is a central criminal character in the 1994 action thriller film "The Getaway," involved in the heist and ensuing betrayals that drive the plot.
  • C. Wynn Murray
    Wynn Murray was a stage performer known for being part of the original Broadway cast of the musical "Babes in Arms."
  • D. Earl Thomas Conley
    Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
  • E. Bob Wills
    Bob Wills was an influential American Western swing musician and bandleader, best known for leading the Texas Playboys and helping to popularize the genre in the mid-20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willie Roberson
Target entity description: Willie Roberson was one of the nine African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trials, a landmark case in U.S. civil rights and legal history.
  • A. Willie Hutch
    Willie Hutch was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for his work with Motown and for composing influential film soundtracks in the 1970s.
  • B. Rudy Travis
    Rudy Travis is a central criminal character in the 1994 action thriller film "The Getaway," involved in the heist and ensuing betrayals that drive the plot.
  • C. Wynn Murray
    Wynn Murray was a stage performer known for being part of the original Broadway cast of the musical "Babes in Arms."
  • D. Earl Thomas Conley
    Earl Thomas Conley was an American country music singer-songwriter known for his string of 1980s hits and his influential role in the neotraditional country movement.
  • E. Bob Wills
    Bob Wills was an influential American Western swing musician and bandleader, best known for leading the Texas Playboys and helping to popularize the genre in the mid-20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8e51c7c188190b926f3a2a7b5f881 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e654ffb37c8190be540a793befe16c completed April 20, 2026, 4:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:50 p.m.