Triple

T18833947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Myrlie Evers-Williams E460605 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Walter Williams — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Walter Williams | Statement: [Myrlie Evers-Williams, spouse, Walter Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Williams
Context triple: [Myrlie Evers-Williams, spouse, Walter Williams]
  • A. Walter Williams
    Walter Williams was an American journalist and educator best known for founding the Missouri School of Journalism, the world’s first school of journalism.
  • B. Walter Williams
    Walter Williams is an American R&B singer best known as a longtime member of the legendary soul group The O'Jays.
  • C. Thomas Sowell
    Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, and prolific author known for his conservative and libertarian views on economics, race, and public policy.
  • D. Robert P. Murphy
    Robert P. Murphy is an American Austrian School economist, author, and podcaster known for his work on free-market economics, business cycle theory, and critiques of mainstream macroeconomics.
  • E. Walter Block
    Walter Block is an American Austrian School economist and libertarian theorist known for his radical defense of free markets and controversial positions on issues such as privatization and individual rights.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Walter Williams
Target entity description: Walter Williams is known primarily as the husband of civil rights activist and NAACP chair Myrlie Evers-Williams.
  • A. Walter Williams
    Walter Williams was an American journalist and educator best known for founding the Missouri School of Journalism, the world’s first school of journalism.
  • B. Walter Williams
    Walter Williams is an American R&B singer best known as a longtime member of the legendary soul group The O'Jays.
  • C. Thomas Sowell
    Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, and prolific author known for his conservative and libertarian views on economics, race, and public policy.
  • D. Robert P. Murphy
    Robert P. Murphy is an American Austrian School economist, author, and podcaster known for his work on free-market economics, business cycle theory, and critiques of mainstream macroeconomics.
  • E. Walter Block
    Walter Block is an American Austrian School economist and libertarian theorist known for his radical defense of free markets and controversial positions on issues such as privatization and individual rights.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a99c1394819095c62eef040e552c completed April 20, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:56 a.m.