Triple
T13694538
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hidden Figures |
E328350
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entity |
| Predicate | mainSubject |
P3
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician and NASA “human computer” who became one of the agency’s first Black female supervisors and a pioneering expert in early computer programming.
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E1054538
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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: Dorothy Vaughan | Statement: [Hidden Figures, mainSubject, Dorothy Vaughan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Vaughan Context triple: [Hidden Figures, mainSubject, Dorothy Vaughan]
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A.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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B.
Mary Evelyn Pickering
Mary Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter renowned for her allegorical and spiritually themed works.
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C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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D.
Margaret Swope
Margaret Swope was the wife of prominent American editor and journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, associated with early 20th-century New York society.
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E.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- 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: Dorothy Vaughan Triple: [Hidden Figures, mainSubject, Dorothy Vaughan]
Generated description
Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician and NASA “human computer” who became one of the agency’s first Black female supervisors and a pioneering expert in early computer programming.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Vaughan Target entity description: Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician and NASA “human computer” who became one of the agency’s first Black female supervisors and a pioneering expert in early computer programming.
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A.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
-
B.
Mary Evelyn Pickering
Mary Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter renowned for her allegorical and spiritually themed works.
-
C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
-
D.
Margaret Swope
Margaret Swope was the wife of prominent American editor and journalist Herbert Bayard Swope, associated with early 20th-century New York society.
-
E.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- 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_69d8076ff62081908a7bd79889edd7a0 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbc8757b648190a26181efbad09a43 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f794514afc8190b334b1fc74a6cdd5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f795e361c48190b37060312e7df181 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f796e5c60c8190a19389bc4cdbd658 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.