Triple

T4847103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ossian Sweet trial E108316 entity
Predicate hasDefendant P2238 FINISHED
Object Joe Mack
Joe Mack was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case challenging racially motivated prosecutions for self-defense against a white mob.
E474392 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: Joe Mack | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Joe Mack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Mack
Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Joe Mack]
  • A. Al Johnson
    Al Johnson is an American musician best known as a member of the experimental rock band U.S. Maple.
  • B. Jimmy Mack
    "Jimmy Mack" is a 1967 Motown hit single by Martha and the Vandellas, known for its catchy, upbeat plea to a distant lover and its enduring popularity in soul and pop music.
  • C. Bob McKay
    Bob McKay is the central character of the American sitcom "Bob," portrayed as a middle-aged comic book artist navigating work, family, and creative challenges.
  • D. Bobby McDermott
    Bobby McDermott was an American professional basketball guard widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the pre-NBA era, known for his prolific scoring and multiple championships in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Cliff Hagan
    Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
  • 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: Joe Mack
Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Joe Mack]
Generated description
Joe Mack was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case challenging racially motivated prosecutions for self-defense against a white mob.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Mack
Target entity description: Joe Mack was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case challenging racially motivated prosecutions for self-defense against a white mob.
  • A. Al Johnson
    Al Johnson is an American musician best known as a member of the experimental rock band U.S. Maple.
  • B. Jimmy Mack
    "Jimmy Mack" is a 1967 Motown hit single by Martha and the Vandellas, known for its catchy, upbeat plea to a distant lover and its enduring popularity in soul and pop music.
  • C. Bob McKay
    Bob McKay is the central character of the American sitcom "Bob," portrayed as a middle-aged comic book artist navigating work, family, and creative challenges.
  • D. Bobby McDermott
    Bobby McDermott was an American professional basketball guard widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the pre-NBA era, known for his prolific scoring and multiple championships in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Cliff Hagan
    Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
  • 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.