Triple

T4847097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ossian Sweet trial E108316 entity
Predicate hasDefendant P2238 FINISHED
Object Otis Sweet
Otis Sweet was one of the African American defendants in the landmark 1925 Ossian Sweet trial, a pivotal civil rights case challenging racial housing segregation in Detroit.
 E474388 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: Otis Sweet | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Sweet]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Otis Sweet
Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Sweet]
  • A. Otis Brazil
    Otis Brazil is the Brazilian subsidiary of the global Otis Elevator Company, responsible for manufacturing, installing, and servicing elevators and escalators in Brazil.
  • B. Otis Harlan
    Otis Harlan was an American actor and comedian best known for his early film and stage work during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Mahlon Sweet
    Mahlon Sweet was a prominent local aviation advocate and civic leader in Eugene, Oregon, whose efforts were instrumental in establishing the city’s municipal airport.
  • D. John Potts
    John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
  • E. Horace Cleveland
    Horace Cleveland was a prominent 19th-century American landscape architect known for designing parks, cemeteries, and urban green spaces across 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: Otis Sweet
Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Sweet]
Generated description
Otis Sweet was one of the African American defendants in the landmark 1925 Ossian Sweet trial, a pivotal civil rights case challenging racial housing segregation in Detroit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Otis Sweet
Target entity description: Otis Sweet was one of the African American defendants in the landmark 1925 Ossian Sweet trial, a pivotal civil rights case challenging racial housing segregation in Detroit.
  • A. Otis Brazil
    Otis Brazil is the Brazilian subsidiary of the global Otis Elevator Company, responsible for manufacturing, installing, and servicing elevators and escalators in Brazil.
  • B. Otis Harlan
    Otis Harlan was an American actor and comedian best known for his early film and stage work during the silent and early sound eras.
  • C. Mahlon Sweet
    Mahlon Sweet was a prominent local aviation advocate and civic leader in Eugene, Oregon, whose efforts were instrumental in establishing the city’s municipal airport.
  • D. John Potts
    John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
  • E. Horace Cleveland
    Horace Cleveland was a prominent 19th-century American landscape architect known for designing parks, cemeteries, and urban green spaces across 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d1aefdc8190910b78615730f991 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cd6dbcc8190b802eeb6d74fd37d completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5f154094819095e09e6a5627f7dc completed March 21, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5f78eb7881908707f54b899e8dda completed March 21, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.