Triple

T4847106
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ossian Sweet trial E108316 entity
Predicate hasDefendant P2238 FINISHED
Object David H. Brown
David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
 E586907 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: David H. Brown | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, David H. Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David H. Brown
Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, David H. Brown]
  • A. David R. Brown
    David R. Brown was an architect known for designing New Haven City Hall in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • B. David M. Brown
    David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • C. Ronald W. Browne
    Ronald W. Browne is a film cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy western "Three Amigos."
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • 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: David H. Brown
Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, David H. Brown]
Generated description
David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David H. Brown
Target entity description: David H. Brown was one of the defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial tensions, self-defense, and housing segregation.
  • A. David R. Brown
    David R. Brown was an architect known for designing New Haven City Hall in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • B. David M. Brown
    David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • C. Ronald W. Browne
    Ronald W. Browne is a film cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy western "Three Amigos."
  • D. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • E. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • 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_69c603b57d708190afd5e4c60344f86d completed March 27, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c60604d6488190ba1fea5f6e9f480f completed March 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c606ccace88190800e3621ac0a2fa5 completed March 27, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.