Triple

T20234332

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Imitation of Life (1934 film)	`E495609`	entity
Predicate	starring	`P1507`	FINISHED
Object	Fredi Washington	`—`	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: Fredi Washington | Statement: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), starring, Fredi Washington]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fredi Washington
Context triple: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), starring, Fredi Washington]

A. Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers was an American film and television actress best known for her pioneering roles as a Black performer in early Hollywood, including her acclaimed performance in the 1934 film "Imitation of Life."
B. Haywood Woodard
Haywood Woodard is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Woodard.
C. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters was a pioneering American blues, jazz, and gospel singer and actress who broke racial barriers on stage, in film, and on radio during the early to mid-20th century.
D. Edward J. Robeson Jr.
Edward J. Robeson Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia in the mid-20th century.
E. Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer, and comedian best known as the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role in "Gone with the Wind."
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: Fredi Washington
Target entity description: Fredi Washington was an African American stage and film actress and civil rights activist best known for her groundbreaking role as a light-skinned Black woman passing for white in 1930s Hollywood.

A. Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers was an American film and television actress best known for her pioneering roles as a Black performer in early Hollywood, including her acclaimed performance in the 1934 film "Imitation of Life."
B. Haywood Woodard
Haywood Woodard is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Woodard.
C. Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters was a pioneering American blues, jazz, and gospel singer and actress who broke racial barriers on stage, in film, and on radio during the early to mid-20th century.
D. Edward J. Robeson Jr.
Edward J. Robeson Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia in the mid-20th century.
E. Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer, and comedian best known as the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role in "Gone with the Wind."
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_69da626cff80819097b530718a7c98b6`	completed	April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e67167fae88190a26ff10d698174f8`	completed	April 20, 2026, 6:33 p.m.

Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:40 p.m.