Triple

T1511245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herndon E32017 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Lewis Herndon
William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
E172402 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: William Lewis Herndon | Statement: [Herndon, namedAfter, William Lewis Herndon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lewis Herndon
Context triple: [Herndon, namedAfter, William Lewis Herndon]
  • A. William Herndon
    William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
  • B. William Lewis Herndon Arthur
    William Lewis Herndon Arthur was the son of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known primarily for his connection to the 21st president’s family.
  • C. James M. McPherson
    James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
  • D. Augustus Hill Garland
    Augustus Hill Garland was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland.
  • E. Dr. John Brown
    Dr. John Brown is a kind, rational American doctor in the novel "Like Water for Chocolate" who becomes Tita’s supportive suitor and represents a calm, nurturing alternative to her passionate but troubled love for Pedro.
  • 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: William Lewis Herndon
Triple: [Herndon, namedAfter, William Lewis Herndon]
Generated description
William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lewis Herndon
Target entity description: William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
  • A. William Herndon
    William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
  • B. William Lewis Herndon Arthur
    William Lewis Herndon Arthur was the son of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known primarily for his connection to the 21st president’s family.
  • C. James M. McPherson
    James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
  • D. Augustus Hill Garland
    Augustus Hill Garland was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland.
  • E. Dr. John Brown
    Dr. John Brown is a kind, rational American doctor in the novel "Like Water for Chocolate" who becomes Tita’s supportive suitor and represents a calm, nurturing alternative to her passionate but troubled love for Pedro.
  • 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa61db41c88190a2d97cc9cbbc3f06 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad233e6e748190929b3f339cc9bd4b completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23e279e88190ae341af34ea98487 completed March 8, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24f7d8b081909241ab3995172f4d completed March 8, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.