Triple

T7181224
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shirley Graham Du Bois E167450 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Lola Shirley Graham
Lola Shirley Graham, better known as Shirley Graham Du Bois, was an American playwright, composer, and activist who became a prominent Pan-Africanist and the second wife of W. E. B. Du Bois.
E660705 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: Lola Shirley Graham | Statement: [Shirley Graham Du Bois, fullName, Lola Shirley Graham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lola Shirley Graham
Context triple: [Shirley Graham Du Bois, fullName, Lola Shirley Graham]
  • A. Lilia Herriton
    Lilia Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," whose impulsive choices and ill-fated romance in Italy drive the story's exploration of cultural conflict and personal freedom.
  • B. Olive Latham
    "Olive Latham" is a lesser-known novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich, the author of the famous revolutionary novel "The Gadfly."
  • C. Bonita Granville
    Bonita Granville was an American film and television actress and producer best known for her early success as a child star, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "These Three" and her popular portrayal of Nancy Drew in the late 1930s film series.
  • D. Lillian Randolph
    Lillian Randolph was an American actress and singer best known for her character roles in radio, film, and television from the 1930s through the 1950s, including her work on "The Great Gildersleeve" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • E. Mary Ellen Lancaster
    Mary Ellen Lancaster was the mother of the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger.
  • 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: Lola Shirley Graham
Triple: [Shirley Graham Du Bois, fullName, Lola Shirley Graham]
Generated description
Lola Shirley Graham, better known as Shirley Graham Du Bois, was an American playwright, composer, and activist who became a prominent Pan-Africanist and the second wife of W. E. B. Du Bois.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lola Shirley Graham
Target entity description: Lola Shirley Graham, better known as Shirley Graham Du Bois, was an American playwright, composer, and activist who became a prominent Pan-Africanist and the second wife of W. E. B. Du Bois.
  • A. Lilia Herriton
    Lilia Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," whose impulsive choices and ill-fated romance in Italy drive the story's exploration of cultural conflict and personal freedom.
  • B. Olive Latham
    "Olive Latham" is a lesser-known novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich, the author of the famous revolutionary novel "The Gadfly."
  • C. Bonita Granville
    Bonita Granville was an American film and television actress and producer best known for her early success as a child star, including an Academy Award–nominated performance in "These Three" and her popular portrayal of Nancy Drew in the late 1930s film series.
  • D. Lillian Randolph
    Lillian Randolph was an American actress and singer best known for her character roles in radio, film, and television from the 1930s through the 1950s, including her work on "The Great Gildersleeve" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • E. Mary Ellen Lancaster
    Mary Ellen Lancaster was the mother of the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger.
  • 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_69c6888a7c548190a3d39b52a393080f completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e8bc25088190a7d7f3ba2461b5e9 completed March 27, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c802a38b608190bb87dd9af4fd3ef5 completed March 28, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8038127408190947cb7002ccc0dec completed March 28, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8040a40088190b37192429678fd3e completed March 28, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:49 p.m.