Triple
T8101472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lincoln assassination conspirators |
E189122
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMemberRole |
P161
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre
Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford’s Theatre who was implicated as a minor accomplice in John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
|
E711516
|
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: Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre | Statement: [Lincoln assassination conspirators, hasMemberRole, Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre Context triple: [Lincoln assassination conspirators, hasMemberRole, Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre]
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A.
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Junius Brutus Booth Jr. was a 19th-century American stage actor and theater manager, best known as the elder brother of John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth.
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B.
Junius Brutus Booth
Junius Brutus Booth was a renowned 19th-century English-born American Shakespearean actor known for his powerful performances and as the patriarch of the famous Booth acting family.
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C.
John E. Booth
John E. Booth is a local American politician who has served as the mayor of Lucas, Texas.
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D.
Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth
"Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth" is a biographical memoir in which Edwina Booth offers a personal and intimate portrait of her father, the famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth.
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E.
Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth was a renowned 19th-century American stage actor, celebrated as one of the greatest tragedians of his era and known for his definitive portrayals of Shakespearean characters such as Hamlet.
- 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: Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre Triple: [Lincoln assassination conspirators, hasMemberRole, Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre]
Generated description
Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford’s Theatre who was implicated as a minor accomplice in John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edman Spangler – stagehand who assisted Booth at Ford’s Theatre Target entity description: Edman Spangler was a stagehand at Ford’s Theatre who was implicated as a minor accomplice in John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Junius Brutus Booth Jr. was a 19th-century American stage actor and theater manager, best known as the elder brother of John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth.
-
B.
Junius Brutus Booth
Junius Brutus Booth was a renowned 19th-century English-born American Shakespearean actor known for his powerful performances and as the patriarch of the famous Booth acting family.
-
C.
John E. Booth
John E. Booth is a local American politician who has served as the mayor of Lucas, Texas.
-
D.
Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth
"Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth" is a biographical memoir in which Edwina Booth offers a personal and intimate portrait of her father, the famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth.
-
E.
Edwin Booth
Edwin Booth was a renowned 19th-century American stage actor, celebrated as one of the greatest tragedians of his era and known for his definitive portrayals of Shakespearean characters such as Hamlet.
- 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_69ca82b886d88190a9cba0d5a4a27521 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb42bbf20c8190aa8c272b5c39002d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc641d96e88190adee974b79d5fc05 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc68d9032c8190af6c5ff64fe46aff |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc69f6bb308190a95df95d1a67cfec |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:31 p.m.