Triple
T8305604
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Houston Chronicle |
E194455
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
|
E731722
|
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: Marcellus E. Foster | Statement: [Houston Chronicle, foundedBy, Marcellus E. Foster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcellus E. Foster Context triple: [Houston Chronicle, foundedBy, Marcellus E. Foster]
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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.
Alonzo W. Rollins
Alonzo W. Rollins was a Chicago-based businessman and philanthropist whose substantial donations and support for education led to a liberal arts college in Florida being named in his honor.
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C.
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent Atlanta entrepreneur and founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, making him one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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E.
Julius Adams
Julius Adams was an American professional football defensive end best known for his long NFL career with the New England Patriots from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
- 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: Marcellus E. Foster Triple: [Houston Chronicle, foundedBy, Marcellus E. Foster]
Generated description
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcellus E. Foster Target entity description: Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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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.
Alonzo W. Rollins
Alonzo W. Rollins was a Chicago-based businessman and philanthropist whose substantial donations and support for education led to a liberal arts college in Florida being named in his honor.
-
C.
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent Atlanta entrepreneur and founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, making him one of the first Black millionaires in the United States.
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D.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
-
E.
Julius Adams
Julius Adams was an American professional football defensive end best known for his long NFL career with the New England Patriots from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
- 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7e8db3a8819083772db5c7a2454b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce026bef88819097459cb96f7b44af |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce064211e48190b558d4355be659ba |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce07a390048190ac26a7e3d3d561e0 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:54 p.m.