Triple
T20234336
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Imitation of Life (1934 film) |
E495609
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Peola Johnson
Peola Johnson is a pivotal character in the 1934 film "Imitation of Life," a light-skinned Black woman who struggles with racial identity and attempts to pass as white, highlighting themes of race, passing, and mother-daughter conflict.
|
E1421434
|
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: Peola Johnson | Statement: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), character, Peola Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peola Johnson Context triple: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), character, Peola Johnson]
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A.
Beulah Brown
Beulah Brown is the central housekeeper character from the mid-20th-century American radio and television comedy series "Beulah."
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B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
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C.
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was a pioneering African American aviator, flight instructor, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman in the United States to earn both a pilot’s license and a commercial pilot’s license.
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D.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
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E.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
- 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: Peola Johnson Triple: [Imitation of Life (1934 film), character, Peola Johnson]
Generated description
Peola Johnson is a pivotal character in the 1934 film "Imitation of Life," a light-skinned Black woman who struggles with racial identity and attempts to pass as white, highlighting themes of race, passing, and mother-daughter conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peola Johnson Target entity description: Peola Johnson is a pivotal character in the 1934 film "Imitation of Life," a light-skinned Black woman who struggles with racial identity and attempts to pass as white, highlighting themes of race, passing, and mother-daughter conflict.
-
A.
Beulah Brown
Beulah Brown is the central housekeeper character from the mid-20th-century American radio and television comedy series "Beulah."
-
B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
-
C.
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was a pioneering African American aviator, flight instructor, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman in the United States to earn both a pilot’s license and a commercial pilot’s license.
-
D.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
-
E.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
- 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_69da626cff80819097b530718a7c98b6 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e67167fae88190a26ff10d698174f8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a085a15b7848190b55a1e8b52503690 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a085a6a94e88190a3f2f2cf89013d44 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a085aca03748190b3d0544ebda3b8a7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:40 p.m.