Triple

T20715743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Diahann Carroll E509164 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Carol Diann Johnson
Carol Diann Johnson, better known as Diahann Carroll, was a pioneering American actress and singer celebrated for breaking racial barriers on stage and screen, including starring in one of the first U.S. television series to feature a Black woman in a non-stereotypical leading role.
E1567539 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: Carol Diann Johnson | Statement: [Diahann Carroll, birthName, Carol Diann Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carol Diann Johnson
Context triple: [Diahann Carroll, birthName, Carol Diann Johnson]
  • A. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is best known as the wife of American actor and comedian Jerry Van Dyke.
  • B. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the former spouse of Brian Johnson.
  • C. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the wife of renowned American jazz trombonist and composer J.J. Johnson.
  • D. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the spouse of Ben Johnson.
  • E. Caryn Elaine Johnson
    Caryn Elaine Johnson is the birth name of Whoopi Goldberg, the acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host.
  • 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: Carol Diann Johnson
Triple: [Diahann Carroll, birthName, Carol Diann Johnson]
Generated description
Carol Diann Johnson, better known as Diahann Carroll, was a pioneering American actress and singer celebrated for breaking racial barriers on stage and screen, including starring in one of the first U.S. television series to feature a Black woman in a non-stereotypical leading role.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carol Diann Johnson
Target entity description: Carol Diann Johnson, better known as Diahann Carroll, was a pioneering American actress and singer celebrated for breaking racial barriers on stage and screen, including starring in one of the first U.S. television series to feature a Black woman in a non-stereotypical leading role.
  • A. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is best known as the wife of American actor and comedian Jerry Van Dyke.
  • B. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the former spouse of Brian Johnson.
  • C. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the wife of renowned American jazz trombonist and composer J.J. Johnson.
  • D. Carol Johnson
    Carol Johnson is known as the spouse of Ben Johnson.
  • E. Caryn Elaine Johnson
    Caryn Elaine Johnson is the birth name of Whoopi Goldberg, the acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host.
  • 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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1d1f3308190ae594a5b9e4ab9d5 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c0abaf1088190a67d04a4a2482225 completed May 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c0b5c43748190b209e13ce8aa0bdb completed May 19, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c0bb05de481909b343f4105e5f4cc completed May 19, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:15 p.m.