Triple

T8451113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Great Debaters E199799 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Melvin B. Tolson E410756 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Melvin B. Tolson | Statement: [The Great Debaters, mainCharacter, Melvin B. Tolson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melvin B. Tolson
Context triple: [The Great Debaters, mainCharacter, Melvin B. Tolson]
  • A. Melvin B. Tolson chosen
    Melvin B. Tolson was an influential American poet, educator, and politician known for his modernist verse and for coaching the renowned debate team at Wiley College.
  • B. Arna Bontemps
    Arna Bontemps was an American poet, novelist, and librarian closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and later the Chicago Black Renaissance, known for his influential contributions to African American literature and culture.
  • C. Countee Cullen
    Countee Cullen was a prominent African American poet and leading literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his lyrical verse and exploration of race, identity, and classical themes.
  • D. Gwendolyn Brooks
    Gwendolyn Brooks was a pioneering African American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner whose work powerfully depicted Black urban life and influenced generations of writers and artists.
  • E. Langston Hughes
    Langston Hughes was a leading poet, novelist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrated for his powerful portrayals of African American life and culture in the 20th century.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca8318231881908fd1bc1c4d45d286 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe44815488190a912d63512e19af0 completed March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1dd14484819082f0319455011a22 completed April 2, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:09 p.m.