Triple

T2179047
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hattie McDaniel E48997 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Henry McDaniel
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
 E271073 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: Henry McDaniel | Statement: [Hattie McDaniel, parent, Henry McDaniel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry McDaniel
Context triple: [Hattie McDaniel, parent, Henry McDaniel]
  • A. Charles McEvers Jr.
    Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • C. Thomas Parris
    Thomas Parris was a member of the Parris family of colonial Salem, known primarily as the brother of Elizabeth Parris, whose accusations helped spark the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Randall Woodfin
    Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
  • E. Wayne Hardin
    Wayne Hardin was a prominent American college football coach best known for his successful tenures leading the Navy Midshipmen and Temple Owls programs.
  • 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: Henry McDaniel
Triple: [Hattie McDaniel, parent, Henry McDaniel]
Generated description
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry McDaniel
Target entity description: Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
  • A. Charles McEvers Jr.
    Charles McEvers Jr. was an early American financier and broker who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Edward Burleson
    Edward Burleson was a prominent Texian military and political leader of the Texas Revolution who later served as vice president of the Republic of Texas.
  • C. Thomas Parris
    Thomas Parris was a member of the Parris family of colonial Salem, known primarily as the brother of Elizabeth Parris, whose accusations helped spark the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Randall Woodfin
    Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
  • E. Wayne Hardin
    Wayne Hardin was a prominent American college football coach best known for his successful tenures leading the Navy Midshipmen and Temple Owls programs.
  • 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_69a88aa72d348190a9544bb5b8a4e71d completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbeefb7648190b8fc57cf60553579 completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af176447d881909173c62cc8c394a0 completed March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1be75a088190a5207da2f7798212 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1c9c35648190bdeab34ce4032d26 completed March 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.