Triple

T225823
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Humboldt University of Berlin E4311 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
E30664 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: W. E. B. Du Bois | Statement: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, W. E. B. Du Bois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. E. B. Du Bois
Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, W. E. B. Du Bois]
  • A. A. Philip Randolph
    A. Philip Randolph was a prominent African American labor leader and civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and helped spearhead the 1963 March on Washington.
  • B. Whitney Young
    Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
  • C. Melville J. Herskovits
    Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist known for pioneering African and African diaspora studies and for challenging racial and cultural biases in social science.
  • D. James Farmer
    James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
  • E. James Baldwin
    James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
  • 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: W. E. B. Du Bois
Triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, W. E. B. Du Bois]
Generated description
W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. E. B. Du Bois
Target entity description: W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
  • A. A. Philip Randolph
    A. Philip Randolph was a prominent African American labor leader and civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and helped spearhead the 1963 March on Washington.
  • B. Whitney Young
    Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
  • C. Melville J. Herskovits
    Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist known for pioneering African and African diaspora studies and for challenging racial and cultural biases in social science.
  • D. James Farmer
    James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
  • E. James Baldwin
    James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36730f0a88190aac3d2e796ee544f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3678a8c988190895796b2e3de3021 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3687171208190b470610bf2a2268e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.