Triple
T20966366
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ben T. Epps |
E516376
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Benjamin Thomas Epps |
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|
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: Benjamin Thomas Epps | Statement: [Ben T. Epps, fullName, Benjamin Thomas Epps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Thomas Epps Context triple: [Ben T. Epps, fullName, Benjamin Thomas Epps]
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A.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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B.
Joseph Burkett
Joseph Burkett is an American defense contractor best known as the husband of journalist and war correspondent Lara Logan.
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C.
Marcellus Washburn
Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
- 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: Benjamin Thomas Epps Target entity description: Benjamin Thomas Epps was an early American aviation pioneer and aircraft designer from Georgia who built and flew some of the first homebuilt airplanes in the southeastern United States in the early 20th century.
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A.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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B.
Joseph Burkett
Joseph Burkett is an American defense contractor best known as the husband of journalist and war correspondent Lara Logan.
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C.
Marcellus Washburn
Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Broderick Johnson
Broderick Johnson is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood films such as "The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli," and "Transcendence."
- 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_69e0b4fde6c48190af1398e7e734629e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fb74206c819099f9c67eaca45ec1 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:22 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:33 p.m.