Triple
T4847102
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ossian Sweet trial |
E108316
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDefendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Washington
Charles Washington was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
|
E474391
|
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: Charles Washington | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Charles Washington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Washington Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Charles Washington]
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A.
Charles Washington
Charles Washington was an American planter and the youngest brother of George Washington, known for founding the town that became Charles Town, West Virginia.
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B.
Lucius Washington
Lucius Washington is a supporting character in the comedy film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," serving as a loyal and level-headed member of Ricky Bobby’s NASCAR team.
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C.
John Parke Custis
John Parke Custis was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington, known primarily as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
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D.
Lawrence Washington
Lawrence Washington was a colonial Virginia planter, soldier, and the elder half-brother of George Washington, whose military service and connections helped shape George’s early ambitions.
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E.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
- 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: Charles Washington Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Charles Washington]
Generated description
Charles Washington was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Washington Target entity description: Charles Washington was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
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A.
Charles Washington
Charles Washington was an American planter and the youngest brother of George Washington, known for founding the town that became Charles Town, West Virginia.
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B.
Lucius Washington
Lucius Washington is a supporting character in the comedy film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," serving as a loyal and level-headed member of Ricky Bobby’s NASCAR team.
-
C.
John Parke Custis
John Parke Custis was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington, known primarily as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
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D.
Lawrence Washington
Lawrence Washington was a colonial Virginia planter, soldier, and the elder half-brother of George Washington, whose military service and connections helped shape George’s early ambitions.
-
E.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
- 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_69be5cd6dbcc8190b802eeb6d74fd37d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5f154094819095e09e6a5627f7dc |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be5f78eb7881908707f54b899e8dda |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.