Triple
T6331240
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cootie Williams |
E142385
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Melvin Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.
|
E595773
|
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: Charles Melvin Williams | Statement: [Cootie Williams, fullName, Charles Melvin Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Melvin Williams Context triple: [Cootie Williams, fullName, Charles Melvin Williams]
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A.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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B.
Claude Preston Williams
Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his role in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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C.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
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D.
Cecil Williams
Cecil Williams is an American pastor and civil rights leader best known for his long-time leadership of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco and his advocacy for social justice and the poor.
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E.
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.
- 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: Charles Melvin Williams Triple: [Cootie Williams, fullName, Charles Melvin Williams]
Generated description
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Melvin Williams Target entity description: Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.
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A.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
-
B.
Claude Preston Williams
Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his role in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
-
C.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
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D.
Cecil Williams
Cecil Williams is an American pastor and civil rights leader best known for his long-time leadership of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco and his advocacy for social justice and the poor.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69c008d4d8e88190ad301c05b08722ac |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06514cbe8819096dbeb17ccb3e3d5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6537fc2ac8190a05779363ed2b3eb |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c655131c6081908e9ddd0f4fdd8398 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6558b5dc88190bc91b16594d8983a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m.