Triple

T9895026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dred Scott E181548 entity
Predicate enslaver P55901 FINISHED
Object John Emerson
John Emerson was a 19th-century U.S. Army surgeon best known as the enslaver of Dred Scott, whose lawsuit led to the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision.
E828208 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: John Emerson | Statement: [Dred Scott, enslaver, John Emerson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Emerson
Context triple: [Dred Scott, enslaver, John Emerson]
  • A. John Emory
    John Emory was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop after whom Emory College (now Emory University) was named.
  • B. John Emery
    John Emery was an American stage, film, and television actor active in the mid-20th century, often cast in sophisticated or villainous supporting roles.
  • C. Joe DuBois
    Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
  • D. John Hailey
    John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
  • E. John Dunlavy
    John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
  • 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: John Emerson
Triple: [Dred Scott, enslaver, John Emerson]
Generated description
John Emerson was a 19th-century U.S. Army surgeon best known as the enslaver of Dred Scott, whose lawsuit led to the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Emerson
Target entity description: John Emerson was a 19th-century U.S. Army surgeon best known as the enslaver of Dred Scott, whose lawsuit led to the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision.
  • A. John Emory
    John Emory was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop after whom Emory College (now Emory University) was named.
  • B. John Emery
    John Emery was an American stage, film, and television actor active in the mid-20th century, often cast in sophisticated or villainous supporting roles.
  • C. Joe DuBois
    Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
  • D. John Hailey
    John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
  • E. John Dunlavy
    John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: enslaver
Context triple: [Dred Scott, enslaver, John Emerson]
  • A. wasEnslavedIn
    Indicates that an entity was held in a state of slavery within a specified place or context.
  • B. wasFormerlyEnslaved
    Indicates that an entity was previously held in a condition of slavery or bondage but is no longer enslaved.
  • C. hasEnslavedCharacter chosen
    Indicates that one entity has held another entity in a state of slavery or forced servitude.
  • D. numberOfEnslaved
    Indicates the quantity of individuals who were held in a state of enslavement in relation to a given entity or context.
  • E. populationGroupEnslaved
    Indicates that one population group is held in a condition of slavery or forced servitude by another.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca8283a6708190801af7a25a7ebb9f completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb4a89e148190901753e67483d72c completed April 2, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1eb1355888190baf9846815801e92 completed April 5, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ec31e50081909edfd62308ca4af0 completed April 5, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1ece816548190825386ad48449df4 completed April 5, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cd1d872d50819096b7ab166a8decf1 completed April 1, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:39 p.m.