Triple
T18721902
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dorothy Butler Gilliam |
E457796
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dorothy Butler Gilliam |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Butler Gilliam | Statement: [Dorothy Butler Gilliam, name, Dorothy Butler Gilliam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Butler Gilliam Context triple: [Dorothy Butler Gilliam, name, Dorothy Butler Gilliam]
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A.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
chosen
Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.
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B.
Nona L. Brooks
Nona L. Brooks was a prominent New Thought leader and co-founder of the Church of Divine Science, known for her teachings on spiritual healing and the power of positive thought.
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C.
Joan E. Higginbotham
Joan E. Higginbotham is an American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became one of the first African-American women in space.
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D.
Clair Engle
Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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E.
Minerva Breedlove
Minerva Breedlove was the mother of Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C. J. Walker, a pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d393ba9c8190a8b03b04ddbb0a09 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e56abadca08190ab1e699b7dcc0c4d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:50 a.m.