Triple
T4941307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Durant (Hell on Wheels) |
E110939
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Elam Ferguson |
E171871
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Elam Ferguson | Statement: [Thomas Durant (Hell on Wheels), associatedWith, Elam Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elam Ferguson Context triple: [Thomas Durant (Hell on Wheels), associatedWith, Elam Ferguson]
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A.
Elam Ferguson
chosen
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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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.
Ray Rennahan
Ray Rennahan was an American cinematographer renowned as a pioneer of Technicolor filmmaking, notably for his work on classic films such as "Gone with the Wind."
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D.
Wilfred Johnson
Wilfred Johnson was the paternal grandfather of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a British politician of Turkish descent who served as a Conservative Party councillor.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd4415eee08190bdce70276e56a5b4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd708ba9888190baf4e79c8f159e9f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be92420a5c8190bea911aaf5d6d29b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.