Triple

T5926234
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Winston-Salem State University E131816 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.
Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who served as president of the University of North Carolina system and led National Gypsum Company.
 E557324 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: Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. | Statement: [Winston-Salem State University, notableAlumnus, Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.
Context triple: [Winston-Salem State University, notableAlumnus, Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.]
  • A. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • B. Cleo Hill Jr.
    Cleo Hill Jr. is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball program.
  • C. Dixie Cooney
    Dixie Cooney is a beloved fictional character from the long-running American soap opera "All My Children," known for her dramatic romances and central role in many of the show's major storylines.
  • D. Kay Hilliard
    Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
  • E. Bille Woodruff
    Bille Woodruff is an American film and music video director known for his work with major R&B and pop artists as well as directing feature films like "Honey."
  • 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: Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.
Triple: [Winston-Salem State University, notableAlumnus, Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.]
Generated description
Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who served as president of the University of North Carolina system and led National Gypsum Company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr.
Target entity description: Clemmie Dixon Spangler Jr. was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist who served as president of the University of North Carolina system and led National Gypsum Company.
  • A. Edman Spangler
    Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford's Theatre who was implicated and later convicted as a minor conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • B. Cleo Hill Jr.
    Cleo Hill Jr. is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball program.
  • C. Dixie Cooney
    Dixie Cooney is a beloved fictional character from the long-running American soap opera "All My Children," known for her dramatic romances and central role in many of the show's major storylines.
  • D. Kay Hilliard
    Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
  • E. Bille Woodruff
    Bille Woodruff is an American film and music video director known for his work with major R&B and pop artists as well as directing feature films like "Honey."
  • 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_69c0085b75e88190a632f9691f9da48b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c038542e548190b335df9a948c8490 completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c04e5af8819095f15cfbc1f13c46 completed March 23, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c23cc6d081909ce27bfb6a6f33d4 completed March 23, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c2deec7c81909d9949cb28f0211f completed March 23, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.