Triple
T3892470
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ralph Ellison |
E88090
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson is an American novelist, essayist, and philosopher best known for his National Book Award–winning novel "Middle Passage" and his explorations of African American experience, history, and Buddhist thought.
|
E397491
|
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: Charles Johnson | Statement: [Ralph Ellison, influenced, Charles Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Johnson Context triple: [Ralph Ellison, influenced, Charles Johnson]
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A.
Rand Brooks
Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
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B.
Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is known primarily as the husband of civil rights activist and Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks.
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C.
C. K. Robinson
C. K. Robinson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata, a prominent example of Indo-Gothic architecture in India.
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D.
Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
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E.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
- 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: Charles Johnson Triple: [Ralph Ellison, influenced, Charles Johnson]
Generated description
Charles Johnson is an American novelist, essayist, and philosopher best known for his National Book Award–winning novel "Middle Passage" and his explorations of African American experience, history, and Buddhist thought.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Johnson Target entity description: Charles Johnson is an American novelist, essayist, and philosopher best known for his National Book Award–winning novel "Middle Passage" and his explorations of African American experience, history, and Buddhist thought.
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A.
Rand Brooks
Rand Brooks was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in classic Hollywood productions such as "Gone with the Wind" and numerous Westerns.
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B.
Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is known primarily as the husband of civil rights activist and Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks.
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C.
C. K. Robinson
C. K. Robinson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata, a prominent example of Indo-Gothic architecture in India.
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D.
Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts is known primarily as one of the sons of American cable television pioneer and Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.
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E.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
- 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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeecb237748190a4d41b76e8efd0ba |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b51c9484f08190b47eec550e521da5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b51d9295908190a282d9b3f1cbb34c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b51e1d6d988190b2c1a3f42964aaaa |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.