Triple
T4864682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buffalo Soldiers |
E108738
|
entity |
| Predicate | decoratedMember |
P59477
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
|
E476136
|
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: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. | Statement: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Benjamin O. Davis Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Benjamin O. Davis Sr.]
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A.
Henry O. Flipper
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
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B.
Wilbert Montgomery
Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
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C.
Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
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D.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
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E.
Henry Arnold
Henry Arnold is the son of Margaret Mansfield, known primarily through his familial connection to her.
- 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: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Benjamin O. Davis Sr.]
Generated description
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Target entity description: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was a pioneering U.S. Army officer who became the first African American general in the United States military and a key leader in the fight against racial segregation in the armed forces.
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A.
Henry O. Flipper
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
-
B.
Wilbert Montgomery
Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
-
C.
Oliver Otis Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
-
D.
Frank W. Ferguson
Frank W. Ferguson was an American architect best known as a professional partner of prominent Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
-
E.
Henry Arnold
Henry Arnold is the son of Margaret Mansfield, known primarily through his familial connection to her.
- 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7162427c81908a67a07545f698ae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be67e0d88881909e378e919daab4e6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be68a465b881909dd2d0d090a6b0ee |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be691c8d948190ba9e6feb4ab39a18 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.