Triple
T20392565
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nichelle Nichols |
E498118
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Foster Johnson
Foster Johnson was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his work in mid-20th-century film and stage musicals.
|
E1428387
|
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: Foster Johnson | Statement: [Nichelle Nichols, spouse, Foster Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foster Johnson Context triple: [Nichelle Nichols, spouse, Foster Johnson]
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A.
Jim Foster
Jim Foster is an American sports executive best known as the creator and founding figure of the Arena Football League.
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B.
T. Jack Foster
T. Jack Foster was a real estate developer and planner best known as the visionary founder of Foster City, California.
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C.
Frank Fisk
Frank Fisk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fisk.
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D.
John Farris
John Farris is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his horror and suspense fiction, including the novel that inspired Brian De Palma’s film "The Fury."
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E.
Fred Johnson
Fred Johnson is a key political leader and former military officer in the science fiction television series "The Expanse."
- 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: Foster Johnson Triple: [Nichelle Nichols, spouse, Foster Johnson]
Generated description
Foster Johnson was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his work in mid-20th-century film and stage musicals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foster Johnson Target entity description: Foster Johnson was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his work in mid-20th-century film and stage musicals.
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A.
Jim Foster
Jim Foster is an American sports executive best known as the creator and founding figure of the Arena Football League.
-
B.
T. Jack Foster
T. Jack Foster was a real estate developer and planner best known as the visionary founder of Foster City, California.
-
C.
Frank Fisk
Frank Fisk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Fisk.
-
D.
John Farris
John Farris is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his horror and suspense fiction, including the novel that inspired Brian De Palma’s film "The Fury."
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E.
Fred Johnson
Fred Johnson is a key political leader and former military officer in the science fiction television series "The Expanse."
- 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e679108b1481909677cf80e8e77e76 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0876260e548190b0ca1cdee28fe72d |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0877d6b364819080b5e701acea02aa |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08787cfe6c8190881554ead3cfd248 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.