Triple
T15604698
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alonzo Herndon |
E375126
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasChild |
P369
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norris B. Herndon
Norris B. Herndon was an influential African American businessman and philanthropist who expanded and led the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, significantly advancing Black economic empowerment in the early to mid-20th century.
|
E1209755
|
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: Norris B. Herndon | Statement: [Alonzo Herndon, hasChild, Norris B. Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norris B. Herndon Context triple: [Alonzo Herndon, hasChild, Norris B. Herndon]
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A.
Emory S. Foster
Emory S. Foster was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, best known for leading Federal forces in the Battle of Lone Jack in Missouri.
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B.
W. P. Inman
W. P. Inman is the Confederate deserter and introspective protagonist of Charles Frazier’s novel "Cold Mountain," whose perilous journey home through the American Civil War drives the story.
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C.
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
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D.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
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E.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
- 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: Norris B. Herndon Triple: [Alonzo Herndon, hasChild, Norris B. Herndon]
Generated description
Norris B. Herndon was an influential African American businessman and philanthropist who expanded and led the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, significantly advancing Black economic empowerment in the early to mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norris B. Herndon Target entity description: Norris B. Herndon was an influential African American businessman and philanthropist who expanded and led the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, significantly advancing Black economic empowerment in the early to mid-20th century.
-
A.
Emory S. Foster
Emory S. Foster was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, best known for leading Federal forces in the Battle of Lone Jack in Missouri.
-
B.
W. P. Inman
W. P. Inman is the Confederate deserter and introspective protagonist of Charles Frazier’s novel "Cold Mountain," whose perilous journey home through the American Civil War drives the story.
-
C.
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
-
D.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
-
E.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
- 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_69d85cce25008190b13b52745fbd719b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04e7d9328819090e93d55881269a5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:50 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0035450810819092796c556dfa8ed3 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0036111b54819096d62c61b8d4244d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00374fdecc819091f64e3174d013a6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m.