Triple

T6665748
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hinton E151596 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Augustus Hinton
William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and public health pioneer best known for developing a widely used test for syphilis and becoming the first Black full professor at Harvard University.
E848338 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 Augustus Hinton | Statement: [Hinton, hasNotableBearer, William Augustus Hinton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Augustus Hinton
Context triple: [Hinton, hasNotableBearer, William Augustus Hinton]
  • A. George Hinton
    George Hinton is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Hinton, rather than being widely recognized for specific achievements.
  • B. Milton Hinton
    Milton Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, versatility, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
  • C. Richmond P. Hobson
    Richmond P. Hobson was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient from the Spanish–American War who later became a congressman and prominent advocate for Prohibition.
  • D. George Latimer Bates
    George Latimer Bates was an American naturalist and ornithologist known for his extensive fieldwork and studies of the birds and natural history of West Africa, particularly Cameroon.
  • E. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • 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 Augustus Hinton
Triple: [Hinton, hasNotableBearer, William Augustus Hinton]
Generated description
William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and public health pioneer best known for developing a widely used test for syphilis and becoming the first Black full professor at Harvard University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Augustus Hinton
Target entity description: William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and public health pioneer best known for developing a widely used test for syphilis and becoming the first Black full professor at Harvard University.
  • A. George Hinton
    George Hinton is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Hinton, rather than being widely recognized for specific achievements.
  • B. Milton Hinton
    Milton Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, versatility, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
  • C. Richmond P. Hobson
    Richmond P. Hobson was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient from the Spanish–American War who later became a congressman and prominent advocate for Prohibition.
  • D. George Latimer Bates
    George Latimer Bates was an American naturalist and ornithologist known for his extensive fieldwork and studies of the birds and natural history of West Africa, particularly Cameroon.
  • E. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • 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_69c687f71fc081909dbd45d6377f6045 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b09d97648190a254cabc0ffcb0dc completed March 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d3549788608190a1949eb254e43a8e completed April 6, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d356211fd8819089db018473b959e9 completed April 6, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d356a1c48c81909820ad66d96c9cc5 completed April 6, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:02 p.m.