Triple

T372384
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barack Obama Sr. E8294 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object David Ndesandjo
David Ndesandjo is a Chinese-based American businessman, musician, and author best known as a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
E47226 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: David Ndesandjo | Statement: [Barack Obama Sr., child, David Ndesandjo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ndesandjo
Context triple: [Barack Obama Sr., child, David Ndesandjo]
  • A. Joseph Ngwenya
    Joseph Ngwenya is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer best known as a forward in Major League Soccer, including scoring for the Houston Dynamo in the 2007 MLS Cup final.
  • B. Joseph Gikatilla
    Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
  • C. Philomé Obin
    Philomé Obin was a prominent Haitian painter and leading figure of the Cap-Haïtien school, renowned for his detailed historical and religious scenes that helped define 20th-century Haitian art.
  • D. Olara Otunnu
    Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
  • E. Laurent Durand
    Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
  • 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: David Ndesandjo
Triple: [Barack Obama Sr., child, David Ndesandjo]
Generated description
David Ndesandjo is a Chinese-based American businessman, musician, and author best known as a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ndesandjo
Target entity description: David Ndesandjo is a Chinese-based American businessman, musician, and author best known as a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • A. Joseph Ngwenya
    Joseph Ngwenya is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer best known as a forward in Major League Soccer, including scoring for the Houston Dynamo in the 2007 MLS Cup final.
  • B. Joseph Gikatilla
    Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
  • C. Philomé Obin
    Philomé Obin was a prominent Haitian painter and leading figure of the Cap-Haïtien school, renowned for his detailed historical and religious scenes that helped define 20th-century Haitian art.
  • D. Olara Otunnu
    Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
  • E. Laurent Durand
    Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec018d508190b5687a9ba90b3092 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a78c748190ae5e64919f1d6501 completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f0fc6984819092d92f76055d3f19 completed March 1, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f16c66a081909a449fc3b606aaf9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.