Triple
T3564622
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Soul Plane |
E75414
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
|
E369340
|
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: John Witherspoon | Statement: [Soul Plane, starring, John Witherspoon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Witherspoon Context triple: [Soul Plane, starring, John Witherspoon]
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A.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
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B.
William Caswell
William Caswell was the son of Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor and a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary era.
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C.
Samuel Barron
Samuel Barron was a United States Navy officer who played a prominent command role in early 19th-century Mediterranean operations against the Barbary States.
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D.
Richard Caswell
Richard Caswell was an American Revolutionary leader who became the first governor of the state of North Carolina and played a key role in its early government.
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E.
Matthew Vassar
Matthew Vassar was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist best known for establishing Vassar College, one of the first higher-education institutions for women 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: John Witherspoon Triple: [Soul Plane, starring, John Witherspoon]
Generated description
John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Witherspoon Target entity description: John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
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A.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
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B.
William Caswell
William Caswell was the son of Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor and a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary era.
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C.
Samuel Barron
Samuel Barron was a United States Navy officer who played a prominent command role in early 19th-century Mediterranean operations against the Barbary States.
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D.
Richard Caswell
Richard Caswell was an American Revolutionary leader who became the first governor of the state of North Carolina and played a key role in its early government.
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E.
Matthew Vassar
Matthew Vassar was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist best known for establishing Vassar College, one of the first higher-education institutions for women 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_69ad85d512708190829c8b2d3a2ccfb8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc0a76c008190a2056b6d990776fe |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3bba91d08819081a433c9f06a2c2b |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3bda1e1ac819094ac613c0e55c048 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3f5adac0481908b9053585c317be0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.