Triple
T16659956
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Keary M. Engle |
E404828
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. Du Bois
J. Du Bois is an American chemist known for his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in the development of novel C–H bond functionalization methods.
|
E1226529
|
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: J. Du Bois | Statement: [Keary M. Engle, doctoralAdvisor, J. Du Bois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Du Bois Context triple: [Keary M. Engle, doctoralAdvisor, J. Du Bois]
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A.
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
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B.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
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C.
William Du Bois Duddell
William Du Bois Duddell was a British physicist and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrical oscillations and the invention of the "singing arc."
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D.
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson was an American historian, educator, and author known as the "Father of Black History" for founding Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month.
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E.
William Monroe Trotter
William Monroe Trotter was an influential African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist who fiercely opposed racial segregation and challenged Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach in the early 20th century.
- 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: J. Du Bois Triple: [Keary M. Engle, doctoralAdvisor, J. Du Bois]
Generated description
J. Du Bois is an American chemist known for his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in the development of novel C–H bond functionalization methods.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Du Bois Target entity description: J. Du Bois is an American chemist known for his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in the development of novel C–H bond functionalization methods.
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A.
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
-
B.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
-
C.
William Du Bois Duddell
William Du Bois Duddell was a British physicist and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrical oscillations and the invention of the "singing arc."
-
D.
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson was an American historian, educator, and author known as the "Father of Black History" for founding Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month.
-
E.
William Monroe Trotter
William Monroe Trotter was an influential African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist who fiercely opposed racial segregation and challenged Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach in the early 20th century.
- 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_69e37bfe0fb081909f2de38df0ed59d7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0084ce7cf0819091e7a4de2cc010ea |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00862fe04481908bc114001357aea9 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00879d9f948190bdf40ff7be2505ff |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.