Triple

T1226346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Empire E26334 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Jussie Smollett
Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Jamal Lyon on the television drama series "Empire" and for his involvement in a widely publicized 2019 criminal case related to a staged hate crime.
E140781 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: Jussie Smollett | Statement: [Empire, portrayedBy, Jussie Smollett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jussie Smollett
Context triple: [Empire, portrayedBy, Jussie Smollett]
  • A. Jamal Adeen Thomas
    Jamal Adeen Thomas is the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and is known for maintaining a relatively private life outside of his father's public and judicial prominence.
  • B. Courtney B. Vance
    Courtney B. Vance is an American actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
  • C. Aldis Hodge
    Aldis Hodge is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in projects like "Leverage," "One Night in Miami...," and "Black Adam."
  • D. Kasseem Daoud Dean
    Kasseem Daoud Dean is an American record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz.
  • E. René Elizondo Jr.
    René Elizondo Jr. is a Mexican-born music video director, songwriter, and dancer best known for his long-term romantic and creative partnership with pop icon Janet Jackson.
  • 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: Jussie Smollett
Triple: [Empire, portrayedBy, Jussie Smollett]
Generated description
Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Jamal Lyon on the television drama series "Empire" and for his involvement in a widely publicized 2019 criminal case related to a staged hate crime.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jussie Smollett
Target entity description: Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer best known for his role as Jamal Lyon on the television drama series "Empire" and for his involvement in a widely publicized 2019 criminal case related to a staged hate crime.
  • A. Jamal Adeen Thomas
    Jamal Adeen Thomas is the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and is known for maintaining a relatively private life outside of his father's public and judicial prominence.
  • B. Courtney B. Vance
    Courtney B. Vance is an American actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
  • C. Aldis Hodge
    Aldis Hodge is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in projects like "Leverage," "One Night in Miami...," and "Black Adam."
  • D. Kasseem Daoud Dean
    Kasseem Daoud Dean is an American record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz.
  • E. René Elizondo Jr.
    René Elizondo Jr. is a Mexican-born music video director, songwriter, and dancer best known for his long-term romantic and creative partnership with pop icon Janet Jackson.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be39908481908cca21aaf0828415 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a0fcf508190be3668bd55f6f6d6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8ab214c48190a60c6604a67f9cf2 completed March 7, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8b0db83c81909db3c501a435f1d1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.