Triple
T1821241
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tennessee State University |
E40542
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joe Gilliam
Joe Gilliam was an American football quarterback best known for breaking racial barriers as one of the first Black starting quarterbacks in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
|
E202891
|
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: Joe Gilliam | Statement: [Tennessee State University, hasNotableAlumnus, Joe Gilliam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Gilliam Context triple: [Tennessee State University, hasNotableAlumnus, Joe Gilliam]
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A.
Neal Adams
Neal Adams was a highly influential American comic book artist renowned for revitalizing characters like Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow with a dynamic, realistic style.
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B.
Frank R. Paul
Frank R. Paul was a pioneering American illustrator best known for his influential, vividly imaginative science fiction magazine covers in the early 20th century.
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C.
Richard Sale
Richard Sale was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director active in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
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D.
Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes is a British musician and composer best known as the frontman of The Dream Academy and for his work on film soundtracks.
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E.
Richard Johns
Richard Johns is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
- 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: Joe Gilliam Triple: [Tennessee State University, hasNotableAlumnus, Joe Gilliam]
Generated description
Joe Gilliam was an American football quarterback best known for breaking racial barriers as one of the first Black starting quarterbacks in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Gilliam Target entity description: Joe Gilliam was an American football quarterback best known for breaking racial barriers as one of the first Black starting quarterbacks in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
-
A.
Neal Adams
Neal Adams was a highly influential American comic book artist renowned for revitalizing characters like Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow with a dynamic, realistic style.
-
B.
Frank R. Paul
Frank R. Paul was a pioneering American illustrator best known for his influential, vividly imaginative science fiction magazine covers in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Richard Sale
Richard Sale was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director active in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
-
D.
Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes is a British musician and composer best known as the frontman of The Dream Academy and for his work on film soundtracks.
-
E.
Richard Johns
Richard Johns is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
- 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa662a13208190b4126d92c613760d |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf6526f88190907de68a5344a084 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adbff32038819088dffc71e8376821 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc084c9b88190a0d53f5c7c459611 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.