Triple

T4039236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barry M. Trost E83902 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Richmond Sarpong
Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
E408418 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: Richmond Sarpong | Statement: [Barry M. Trost, notableStudent, Richmond Sarpong]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Sarpong
Context triple: [Barry M. Trost, notableStudent, Richmond Sarpong]
  • A. Enoch Sontonga
    Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
  • B. Kenneth Dadzie
    Kenneth Dadzie was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant who served as Secretary-General of UNCTAD and played a key role in global trade and development policy.
  • C. Fredrick de Silva
    Fredrick de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Mayor of Kandy and later as Ceylon’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
  • D. Victor Mensah
    Victor Mensah is a writer known for his work associated with the Wolverhampton Wanderers football club (Wolves).
  • E. Barrington Henderson
    Barrington Henderson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his tenure as a lead vocalist with the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
  • 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: Richmond Sarpong
Triple: [Barry M. Trost, notableStudent, Richmond Sarpong]
Generated description
Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Sarpong
Target entity description: Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • A. Enoch Sontonga
    Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
  • B. Kenneth Dadzie
    Kenneth Dadzie was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant who served as Secretary-General of UNCTAD and played a key role in global trade and development policy.
  • C. Fredrick de Silva
    Fredrick de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Mayor of Kandy and later as Ceylon’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
  • D. Victor Mensah
    Victor Mensah is a writer known for his work associated with the Wolverhampton Wanderers football club (Wolves).
  • E. Barrington Henderson
    Barrington Henderson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his tenure as a lead vocalist with the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
  • 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb37e24c81908d6357ab8ba5388d completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b55646e5d881909eadd0640a4f1796 completed March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556fec4708190b221893ec35f1a38 completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b557f73cbc8190b904089ab0fa97d6 completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.