Triple

T4847107
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ossian Sweet trial E108316 entity
Predicate hasDefendant P2238 FINISHED
Object Otis Smith
Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
E475927 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: Otis Smith | Statement: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otis Smith
Context triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Smith]
  • A. Otis Jackson Jr.
    Otis Jackson Jr., better known as Madlib, is an influential American DJ, producer, and rapper renowned for his innovative, sample-heavy approach to hip hop and experimental music.
  • B. Earl Simmons
    Earl Simmons, better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor renowned for his gritty delivery and influential role in late-1990s and early-2000s hip-hop.
  • C. Earl Richey Jones
    Earl Richey Jones is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1999 science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
  • D. Jimmy Smith
    Jimmy Smith was an influential American jazz organist whose innovative Hammond B-3 playing helped popularize soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • 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: Otis Smith
Triple: [Ossian Sweet trial, hasDefendant, Otis Smith]
Generated description
Otis Smith 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: Otis Smith
Target entity description: Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
  • A. Otis Jackson Jr.
    Otis Jackson Jr., better known as Madlib, is an influential American DJ, producer, and rapper renowned for his innovative, sample-heavy approach to hip hop and experimental music.
  • B. Earl Simmons
    Earl Simmons, better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor renowned for his gritty delivery and influential role in late-1990s and early-2000s hip-hop.
  • C. Earl Richey Jones
    Earl Richey Jones is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1999 science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
  • D. Jimmy Smith
    Jimmy Smith was an influential American jazz organist whose innovative Hammond B-3 playing helped popularize soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • 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_69be67d70dd0819094b6b2906a9d03b5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6846dfdc8190b45afc3fe92724fc completed March 21, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be68c77c088190a57376c608abe4c0 completed March 21, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.