Triple
T3934101
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melvindale, Michigan |
E90867
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedFor |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melvin Wilkinson
Melvin Wilkinson was a local figure significant enough in the community’s history that the city of Melvindale, Michigan, was named in his honor.
|
E408095
|
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: Melvin Wilkinson | Statement: [Melvindale, Michigan, namedFor, Melvin Wilkinson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Wilkinson Context triple: [Melvindale, Michigan, namedFor, Melvin Wilkinson]
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A.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
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B.
Clem Haskins
Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
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C.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
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D.
Morris Townsend
Morris Townsend is a charming but opportunistic suitor in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose pursuit of Catherine Sloper is driven largely by her expected inheritance.
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E.
Bill Truitt
Bill Truitt is a central character in the dark comedy film "The Opposite of Sex," serving as a mild-mannered teacher whose life is upended by the manipulative actions of his teenage half-sister.
- 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: Melvin Wilkinson Triple: [Melvindale, Michigan, namedFor, Melvin Wilkinson]
Generated description
Melvin Wilkinson was a local figure significant enough in the community’s history that the city of Melvindale, Michigan, was named in his honor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Wilkinson Target entity description: Melvin Wilkinson was a local figure significant enough in the community’s history that the city of Melvindale, Michigan, was named in his honor.
-
A.
Herschel Daugherty
Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
-
B.
Clem Haskins
Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
-
C.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
-
D.
Morris Townsend
Morris Townsend is a charming but opportunistic suitor in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose pursuit of Catherine Sloper is driven largely by her expected inheritance.
-
E.
Bill Truitt
Bill Truitt is a central character in the dark comedy film "The Opposite of Sex," serving as a mild-mannered teacher whose life is upended by the manipulative actions of his teenage half-sister.
- 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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeedcab1808190bf653f29062cdddb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b556173f848190bf8b879a7c61a43f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5575b1f748190b91f5f1cb4cf9c8b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b557d445d081908f48fe3bd06f786e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.