Triple

T12935656
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Witherspoon (actor) E309499 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Weatherspoon
John Weatherspoon is the birth name of American actor and comedian John Witherspoon, known for his roles in the "Friday" film series and numerous television comedies.
E1010524 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: John Weatherspoon | Statement: [John Witherspoon (actor), birthName, John Weatherspoon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Weatherspoon
Context triple: [John Witherspoon (actor), birthName, John Weatherspoon]
  • A. Charles Alverson
    Charles Alverson was an American writer and editor best known for his work in speculative fiction and his collaborations with Terry Gilliam on film projects.
  • B. Will Sampson
    Will Sampson was a Native American actor and painter best known for his powerful portrayal of Chief Bromden in the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
  • C. Jacques Dominique Wilkins
    Jacques Dominique "Dominique" Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American former professional basketball player best known as a high-flying NBA scoring star and slam dunk icon with the Atlanta Hawks in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • D. Carl Terrell Mitchell
    Carl Terrell Mitchell is an American rapper better known by his stage name Twista, renowned for his rapid-fire delivery and record-setting fast rapping.
  • E. Miles Parks McCollum
    Miles Parks McCollum is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter best known by his stage name Lil Yachty, recognized for his melodic, playful style and contributions to the SoundCloud rap and mumble rap scenes.
  • 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: John Weatherspoon
Triple: [John Witherspoon (actor), birthName, John Weatherspoon]
Generated description
John Weatherspoon is the birth name of American actor and comedian John Witherspoon, known for his roles in the "Friday" film series and numerous television comedies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Weatherspoon
Target entity description: John Weatherspoon is the birth name of American actor and comedian John Witherspoon, known for his roles in the "Friday" film series and numerous television comedies.
  • A. Charles Alverson
    Charles Alverson was an American writer and editor best known for his work in speculative fiction and his collaborations with Terry Gilliam on film projects.
  • B. Will Sampson
    Will Sampson was a Native American actor and painter best known for his powerful portrayal of Chief Bromden in the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
  • C. Jacques Dominique Wilkins
    Jacques Dominique "Dominique" Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American former professional basketball player best known as a high-flying NBA scoring star and slam dunk icon with the Atlanta Hawks in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • D. Carl Terrell Mitchell
    Carl Terrell Mitchell is an American rapper better known by his stage name Twista, renowned for his rapid-fire delivery and record-setting fast rapping.
  • E. Miles Parks McCollum
    Miles Parks McCollum is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter best known by his stage name Lil Yachty, recognized for his melodic, playful style and contributions to the SoundCloud rap and mumble rap scenes.
  • 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_69d7bdfa933c8190b5a27aa4a08a19b7 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97dc76d688190bd58a23351373666 completed April 10, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af6d16388190abc848ac67bf1fb9 completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b08df448819080c0a7b0921bcc9f completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b11ced30819090f67a0b1e1369aa completed May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:42 p.m.