Triple
T21394176
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | City of Saint Paul |
E527735
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMayor |
P185
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Melvin Carter |
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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: Melvin Carter | Statement: [City of Saint Paul, hasMayor, Melvin Carter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Carter Context triple: [City of Saint Paul, hasMayor, Melvin Carter]
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A.
Walter E. Carter Jr.
Walter E. Carter Jr. is an American academic leader and retired U.S. Navy vice admiral who has served as president of multiple major universities, including the U.S. Naval Academy and Ohio State University.
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B.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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C.
Charles Furthman
Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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D.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
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E.
Lester Trimble
Lester Trimble was an American composer, music critic, and educator known for his modernist orchestral and chamber works and his influential role in mid-20th-century classical music.
- 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: Melvin Carter Target entity description: Melvin Carter is an American politician serving as the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the first African American to hold that office.
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A.
Walter E. Carter Jr.
Walter E. Carter Jr. is an American academic leader and retired U.S. Navy vice admiral who has served as president of multiple major universities, including the U.S. Naval Academy and Ohio State University.
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B.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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C.
Charles Furthman
Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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D.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
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E.
Lester Trimble
Lester Trimble was an American composer, music critic, and educator known for his modernist orchestral and chamber works and his influential role in mid-20th-century classical music.
- 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_69e0b51ff3748190935c0a513c62a12b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ee62cd30f08190aba90afed6116a2a |
completed | April 26, 2026, 7:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:13 p.m.