Triple
T23150063
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Mercer Langston |
E578297
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography)
From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol is the autobiography of African American lawyer, educator, and politician John Mercer Langston, tracing his journey from enslavement in Virginia to becoming a prominent national leader.
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E1573595
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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: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography) | Statement: [John Mercer Langston, notableWork, From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography) Context triple: [John Mercer Langston, notableWork, From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography)]
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A.
The Boyhood of Washington
The Boyhood of Washington is a 19th-century historical painting by American artist Henry Inman depicting an idealized scene from George Washington’s youth.
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B.
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington is a 19th-century biographical work offering personal anecdotes and insights into George Washington’s life and character, written by his step-grandson George Washington Parke Custis.
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C.
Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson
"Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson" is a biographical work by Thomas E. Watson that chronicles the life, political career, and legacy of the third president of the United States.
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D.
City of Presidents
City of Presidents is the nickname of Quincy, Massachusetts, a historic New England city best known as the birthplace of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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E.
The Man Who Built Washington
The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
- 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: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography) Triple: [John Mercer Langston, notableWork, From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography)]
Generated description
From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol is the autobiography of African American lawyer, educator, and politician John Mercer Langston, tracing his journey from enslavement in Virginia to becoming a prominent national leader.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography) Target entity description: From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol is the autobiography of African American lawyer, educator, and politician John Mercer Langston, tracing his journey from enslavement in Virginia to becoming a prominent national leader.
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A.
The Boyhood of Washington
The Boyhood of Washington is a 19th-century historical painting by American artist Henry Inman depicting an idealized scene from George Washington’s youth.
-
B.
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington is a 19th-century biographical work offering personal anecdotes and insights into George Washington’s life and character, written by his step-grandson George Washington Parke Custis.
-
C.
Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson
"Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson" is a biographical work by Thomas E. Watson that chronicles the life, political career, and legacy of the third president of the United States.
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D.
City of Presidents
City of Presidents is the nickname of Quincy, Massachusetts, a historic New England city best known as the birthplace of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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E.
The Man Who Built Washington
The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
- 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_69e245fb8de081908f0eba7b5fd75bc4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18ed0b76c8190ac61b949d88e9970 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c3098168481908aa4e4a985314db1 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c3442ccb08190aaea6fe426a3dd10 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c34a421308190bbaf614cdfa5e146 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:01 p.m.