Triple
T2187344
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ball |
E49180
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Ball
Edward Ball is an American author and historian best known for his works exploring race, slavery, and his own family's ties to the antebellum South, including the National Book Award–winning "Slaves in the Family."
|
E242194
|
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: Edward Ball | Statement: [Ball, hasNotableBearer, Edward Ball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Ball Context triple: [Ball, hasNotableBearer, Edward Ball]
-
A.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
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B.
C. Vann Woodward
C. Vann Woodward was a prominent American historian best known for his influential works on the history of the American South and race relations in the United States.
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C.
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author best known for her acclaimed works on race and migration in the United States, including "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste."
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D.
Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is an American historian and bestselling narrative nonfiction author known for his gripping accounts of exploration, war, and adventure.
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E.
Archibald Grimké
Archibald Grimké was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played a key role in the early struggle against racial discrimination in the United States.
- 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: Edward Ball Triple: [Ball, hasNotableBearer, Edward Ball]
Generated description
Edward Ball is an American author and historian best known for his works exploring race, slavery, and his own family's ties to the antebellum South, including the National Book Award–winning "Slaves in the Family."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Ball Target entity description: Edward Ball is an American author and historian best known for his works exploring race, slavery, and his own family's ties to the antebellum South, including the National Book Award–winning "Slaves in the Family."
-
A.
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was a 19th-century Canadian-born architect best known for designing major public buildings in North America, including prominent government structures.
-
B.
C. Vann Woodward
C. Vann Woodward was a prominent American historian best known for his influential works on the history of the American South and race relations in the United States.
-
C.
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author best known for her acclaimed works on race and migration in the United States, including "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste."
-
D.
Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is an American historian and bestselling narrative nonfiction author known for his gripping accounts of exploration, war, and adventure.
-
E.
Archibald Grimké
Archibald Grimké was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played a key role in the early struggle against racial discrimination in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69a88aa72d348190a9544bb5b8a4e71d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf130ef081908adb4a22f056be5b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5dab44008190aeb4f77b73db2b36 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e5fe37c8190bcf73200d32f5faa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ed1e3208190b46d5e8361c2a5f6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.