Triple

T4847100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ossian Sweet trial E108316 entity
Predicate hasDefendant P2238 FINISHED
Object Norris Murray
Norris Murray was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and the defense of a Black family's right to own a home in a white neighborhood.
E505741 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: Norris Murray | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Norris Murray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norris Murray
Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Norris Murray]
  • A. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • B. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • C. Gordon Drummond
    Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
  • D. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • E. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • 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: Norris Murray
Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Norris Murray]
Generated description
Norris Murray was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and the defense of a Black family's right to own a home in a white neighborhood.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norris Murray
Target entity description: Norris Murray was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and the defense of a Black family's right to own a home in a white neighborhood.
  • A. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • B. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • C. Gordon Drummond
    Gordon Drummond was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and played a key leadership role in the War of 1812.
  • D. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • E. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d1aefdc8190910b78615730f991 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bef7e252c88190be9796ab9bf174c8 completed March 21, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69befbddeb1c8190a5588a276d52dc2a completed March 21, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69befc2c90988190b0b34f8684852ac8 completed March 21, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.