Triple
T1963847
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 12 Years a Slave |
E42644
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Ford
William Ford is a devout but conflicted Southern plantation owner depicted in "12 Years a Slave," who initially shows relative kindness to Solomon Northup while still participating in the system of slavery.
|
E218667
|
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: William Ford | Statement: [12 Years a Slave, character, William Ford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ford Context triple: [12 Years a Slave, character, William Ford]
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A.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
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B.
William Davis
William Davis was a settler who is historically remembered as one of the notable victims killed during the 1862 Indian Creek massacre in Illinois.
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C.
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and civic leader who played a key role in the early development of garden cemeteries and public institutions in Massachusetts.
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D.
William James Adams Jr.
William James Adams Jr., better known as will.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and founding member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
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E.
Charles Franklin
Charles Franklin is an American political scientist and pollster known for his work on public opinion, elections, and co-founding the polling aggregation site Pollster.com.
- 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: William Ford Triple: [12 Years a Slave, character, William Ford]
Generated description
William Ford is a devout but conflicted Southern plantation owner depicted in "12 Years a Slave," who initially shows relative kindness to Solomon Northup while still participating in the system of slavery.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ford Target entity description: William Ford is a devout but conflicted Southern plantation owner depicted in "12 Years a Slave," who initially shows relative kindness to Solomon Northup while still participating in the system of slavery.
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A.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
-
B.
William Davis
William Davis was a settler who is historically remembered as one of the notable victims killed during the 1862 Indian Creek massacre in Illinois.
-
C.
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and civic leader who played a key role in the early development of garden cemeteries and public institutions in Massachusetts.
-
D.
William James Adams Jr.
William James Adams Jr., better known as will.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and founding member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
-
E.
Charles Franklin
Charles Franklin is an American political scientist and pollster known for his work on public opinion, elections, and co-founding the polling aggregation site Pollster.com.
- 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3ada4148190ad830d4a3d7fd662 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbd32eb88190a2069b6490b12e5d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc5150e48190aa475798c790b767 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfd10a6a88190818976d709d81596 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.