Triple
T3843899
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ezell Blair Jr. |
E93520
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blair
Blair is the surname of Ezell Blair Jr., a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who initiated the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins.
|
E392457
|
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: Blair | Statement: [Ezell Blair Jr., familyName, Blair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blair Context triple: [Ezell Blair Jr., familyName, Blair]
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A.
John
John was a medieval English monarch who ruled as King John of England from 1199 to 1216 and is best known for sealing the Magna Carta.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Hancock, a prominent American statesman and patriot best known for his large signature on the United States Declaration of Independence.
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C.
John
John is the husband of Martha Rainsborough.
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D.
John
John Seigenthaler was an American journalist, editor, and civil rights advocate best known for his long tenure at The Tennessean and his work promoting First Amendment rights.
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E.
John
John IV of Portugal was a 17th-century Portuguese king who restored the country's independence from Spain and founded the Braganza dynasty.
- 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: Blair Triple: [Ezell Blair Jr., familyName, Blair]
Generated description
Blair is the surname of Ezell Blair Jr., a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who initiated the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blair Target entity description: Blair is the surname of Ezell Blair Jr., a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who initiated the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins.
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A.
Blair
Blair is a central character in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero," known as the beautiful, emotionally detached girlfriend of the protagonist amid Los Angeles's hedonistic, disaffected youth culture.
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B.
John
John was a medieval English monarch who ruled as King John of England from 1199 to 1216 and is best known for sealing the Magna Carta.
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C.
John
John "Stuffy" McInnis was an American Major League Baseball first baseman best known as a member of Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics dynasty in the early 20th century.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Frank Stevens, the American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in the construction of the Panama Canal.
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E.
John
John Parke Custis was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington, known as a Virginia planter and member of the colonial gentry.
- 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeebb4fd308190a636ba9dbbe57ed6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5040f93948190b104cf1b7db671b7 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b504c46dcc8190a9775c39e5c734a9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b505742830819093a861bde17c03c0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.