Triple
T5149463
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William F. Knowland |
E116156
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Clair Engle
Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
|
E499547
|
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: Clair Engle | Statement: [William F. Knowland, succeededBy, Clair Engle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clair Engle Context triple: [William F. Knowland, succeededBy, Clair Engle]
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A.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.
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B.
Rutha Mae Harris
Rutha Mae Harris is an American civil rights activist and gospel singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and galvanize the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
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C.
Aurelia S. Browder
Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
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D.
Beverly Franklin
Beverly Franklin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Franklin.
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E.
Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge was an American stage and film actress known for her distinguished Broadway career and frequent collaborations with her husband, actor Fredric March.
- 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: Clair Engle Triple: [William F. Knowland, succeededBy, Clair Engle]
Generated description
Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clair Engle Target entity description: Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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A.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.
-
B.
Rutha Mae Harris
Rutha Mae Harris is an American civil rights activist and gospel singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and galvanize the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
-
C.
Aurelia S. Browder
Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
-
D.
Beverly Franklin
Beverly Franklin is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Franklin.
-
E.
Florence Eldridge
Florence Eldridge was an American stage and film actress known for her distinguished Broadway career and frequent collaborations with her husband, actor Fredric March.
- 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_69bd4446c0e08190a7c29dc74976bf03 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd78b2a1748190b896ba0f53927118 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed9235de88190b3698a90af91c33d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bedaaca3d0819089ef56835ba254b0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bedb1ae560819084de6275b6ebaa23 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.