Triple
T9975112
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Hessin Clarke |
E196306
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy (Sixth Circuit) |
P91394
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Xenophon Hicks
Xenophon Hicks was a United States federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the early 20th century.
|
E832360
|
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: Xenophon Hicks | Statement: [John Hessin Clarke, succeededBy (Sixth Circuit), Xenophon Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenophon Hicks Context triple: [John Hessin Clarke, succeededBy (Sixth Circuit), Xenophon Hicks]
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A.
William Hicks
William Hicks was a British Army officer best known for leading an ill-fated Egyptian army expedition that was annihilated by Mahdist forces at the Battle of El Obeid in 1883.
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B.
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks was an American character actor known for his prolific appearances in Hollywood films from the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying authority figures such as lawyers, politicians, and military officers.
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C.
Franklin Keeler
Franklin Keeler was the founder of the Times Union newspaper.
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D.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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E.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a songwriter best known for co-writing the R&B hit "My Love Is Like...Wo" performed by Mýa.
- 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: Xenophon Hicks Triple: [John Hessin Clarke, succeededBy (Sixth Circuit), Xenophon Hicks]
Generated description
Xenophon Hicks was a United States federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenophon Hicks Target entity description: Xenophon Hicks was a United States federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the early 20th century.
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A.
William Hicks
William Hicks was a British Army officer best known for leading an ill-fated Egyptian army expedition that was annihilated by Mahdist forces at the Battle of El Obeid in 1883.
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B.
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks was an American character actor known for his prolific appearances in Hollywood films from the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying authority figures such as lawyers, politicians, and military officers.
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C.
Franklin Keeler
Franklin Keeler was the founder of the Times Union newspaper.
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D.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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E.
Charles Roane
Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (Sixth Circuit) Context triple: [John Hessin Clarke, succeededBy (Sixth Circuit), Xenophon Hicks]
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A.
cededUnder
Indicates that control, ownership, or rights over something are transferred from one party to another under specified terms or conditions.
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B.
succeededBy (Acting CFPB Director)
Indicates that one individual or role directly follows another as the next Acting CFPB Director in sequence.
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C.
succeedsBy
Indicates that one entity comes after or replaces another in a sequence, order, or position.
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D.
seventhCircuitHolding
Indicates that a legal decision or ruling was issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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E.
succeededByEvent
Indicates that one event directly follows and replaces another in a temporal or sequential order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69ca82eea2b88190a0e511d21a31f386 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb849da448190b826cb8fbf2eeb89 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d23ddcc01c8190bb00ac13cbbbb1fb |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d23eb2971c8190bcdbc31b4ef19816 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d240d7b7e881909183d7c33bd8cb5b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 11 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cd1d9daa808190b413a1b9a1e929e2 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69cd358386f48190833c862b5b8c04b2 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:48 p.m.