Triple

T5140660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rags Ragland E115942 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Lee Morgan Ragland
John Lee Morgan Ragland, better known as Rags Ragland, was an American character actor and comedian noted for his scene-stealing roles in 1940s Hollywood films and vaudeville performances.
 E497903 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: John Lee Morgan Ragland | Statement: [Rags Ragland, birthName, John Lee Morgan Ragland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lee Morgan Ragland
Context triple: [Rags Ragland, birthName, John Lee Morgan Ragland]
  • A. Charles Ray Wiggins
    Charles Ray Wiggins, better known as Raphael Saadiq, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer renowned for his influential work in contemporary R&B and neo-soul.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • D. Strother Martin
    Strother Martin was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying quirky or villainous authority figures.
  • E. Robert Morgan Evans
    Robert Morgan Evans was an early 19th-century American pioneer and political figure after whom the city of Evansville, Indiana, is named.
  • 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: John Lee Morgan Ragland
Triple: [Rags Ragland, birthName, John Lee Morgan Ragland]
Generated description
John Lee Morgan Ragland, better known as Rags Ragland, was an American character actor and comedian noted for his scene-stealing roles in 1940s Hollywood films and vaudeville performances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lee Morgan Ragland
Target entity description: John Lee Morgan Ragland, better known as Rags Ragland, was an American character actor and comedian noted for his scene-stealing roles in 1940s Hollywood films and vaudeville performances.
  • A. Charles Ray Wiggins
    Charles Ray Wiggins, better known as Raphael Saadiq, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer renowned for his influential work in contemporary R&B and neo-soul.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • D. Strother Martin
    Strother Martin was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying quirky or villainous authority figures.
  • E. Robert Morgan Evans
    Robert Morgan Evans was an early 19th-century American pioneer and political figure after whom the city of Evansville, Indiana, is named.
  • 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_69bd44459a988190a772a5c2ec6a1965 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd787e5fe88190834042a73d4d9619 completed March 20, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69becfe2a59881908c790e26a2365353 completed March 21, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed07c9cd081908f8246e24b2f6458 completed March 21, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed1013fe88190b76855a042226359 completed March 21, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.