Triple

T16654876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse E404701 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was a prominent African-American federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and was known for his commitment to civil rights and public service.
 E1227517 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: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. | Statement: [Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, namedAfter, Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Context triple: [Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, namedAfter, Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.]
  • A. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • B. Donald McPherson
    Donald McPherson was an American soul singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the R&B group The Main Ingredient before his untimely death in 1971.
  • C. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • D. Walter Paterson
    Walter Paterson was an actor known for his role in the classic radio adventure series "I Love a Mystery."
  • E. John Bowie Ferguson
    John Bowie Ferguson is an individual whose full legal name distinguishes him from others sharing the Ferguson surname, including his father, John Ferguson Sr.
  • 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: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Triple: [Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, namedAfter, Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.]
Generated description
Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was a prominent African-American federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and was known for his commitment to civil rights and public service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Target entity description: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was a prominent African-American federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and was known for his commitment to civil rights and public service.
  • A. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • B. Donald McPherson
    Donald McPherson was an American soul singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the R&B group The Main Ingredient before his untimely death in 1971.
  • C. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • D. Walter Paterson
    Walter Paterson was an actor known for his role in the classic radio adventure series "I Love a Mystery."
  • E. John Bowie Ferguson
    John Bowie Ferguson is an individual whose full legal name distinguishes him from others sharing the Ferguson surname, including his father, John Ferguson Sr.
  • 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_69d8838b5fbc81908c6575c132b82e80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37bf92de48190aaae3e93039b17f3 completed April 18, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a008a30e55c8190a5047656b9873a0e completed May 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008b30c6688190845e23c1df7ff96a completed May 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008bfe16a48190bae435a7cd943c28 completed May 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.