Triple
T5953174
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Alexander Bouchet |
E132445
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Francis Bouchet
William Francis Bouchet was the father of pioneering African American physicist Edward Alexander Bouchet, who became one of the first Black recipients of a Ph.D. in the United States.
|
E561975
|
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: William Francis Bouchet | Statement: [Edward Alexander Bouchet, father, William Francis Bouchet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Francis Bouchet Context triple: [Edward Alexander Bouchet, father, William Francis Bouchet]
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A.
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Freeman A. Hrabowski III is an American educator and longtime president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, renowned for his leadership in promoting STEM education and success among underrepresented minority students.
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B.
Edward Alexander Bouchet
Edward Alexander Bouchet was a pioneering African American physicist who became the first Black person in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in physics, receiving his doctorate from Yale University in 1876.
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C.
George W. McLaurin
George W. McLaurin was an African American educator whose challenge to segregated graduate education led to a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the legal basis of “separate but equal” in higher education.
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D.
Heman Marion Sweatt
Heman Marion Sweatt was an African American civil rights figure whose challenge to racial segregation in higher education led to the landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Bernard Lafayette
Bernard Lafayette is an American civil rights activist and leader known for his prominent role in the 1960s nonviolent movement, including organizing Freedom Rides and voter registration campaigns in the South.
- 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: William Francis Bouchet Triple: [Edward Alexander Bouchet, father, William Francis Bouchet]
Generated description
William Francis Bouchet was the father of pioneering African American physicist Edward Alexander Bouchet, who became one of the first Black recipients of a Ph.D. in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Francis Bouchet Target entity description: William Francis Bouchet was the father of pioneering African American physicist Edward Alexander Bouchet, who became one of the first Black recipients of a Ph.D. in the United States.
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A.
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Freeman A. Hrabowski III is an American educator and longtime president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, renowned for his leadership in promoting STEM education and success among underrepresented minority students.
-
B.
Edward Alexander Bouchet
Edward Alexander Bouchet was a pioneering African American physicist who became the first Black person in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in physics, receiving his doctorate from Yale University in 1876.
-
C.
George W. McLaurin
George W. McLaurin was an African American educator whose challenge to segregated graduate education led to a landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the legal basis of “separate but equal” in higher education.
-
D.
Heman Marion Sweatt
Heman Marion Sweatt was an African American civil rights figure whose challenge to racial segregation in higher education led to the landmark 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education.
-
E.
Bernard Lafayette
Bernard Lafayette is an American civil rights activist and leader known for his prominent role in the 1960s nonviolent movement, including organizing Freedom Rides and voter registration campaigns in the South.
- 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_69c0086b05cc8190a8f36a96927a525c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c039bef5c8819093f280b235a593b0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1082d00308190a8e92bb633e7f292 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c10a15b9e08190be8b559e467d1d8c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10aaf299481909d0e824a126381e3 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m.