Triple

T16415849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marshall Herskovitz E398681 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Herskovitz
Herskovitz is the surname of American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz, known for works like "thirtysomething" and "The Last Samurai."
 E1211377 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: Herskovitz | Statement: [Marshall Herskovitz, familyName, Herskovitz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herskovitz
Context triple: [Marshall Herskovitz, familyName, Herskovitz]
  • A. Ussishkin
    Ussishkin is a Jewish family name most prominently associated with Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin.
  • B. Levshitz
    Levshitz is an alternative transliteration of the Russian surname Lifshitz, commonly associated with several notable scientists and intellectuals.
  • C. Rothkowitz
    Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
  • D. Suschitzky
    Suschitzky is the surname of a family that includes notable cinematographers and photographers, such as Peter Suschitzky.
  • E. Munitz
    Munitz is a surname most notably associated with Barry Munitz, an American educator and former university and foundation executive.
  • 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: Herskovitz
Triple: [Marshall Herskovitz, familyName, Herskovitz]
Generated description
Herskovitz is the surname of American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz, known for works like "thirtysomething" and "The Last Samurai."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herskovitz
Target entity description: Herskovitz is the surname of American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz, known for works like "thirtysomething" and "The Last Samurai."
  • A. Ussishkin
    Ussishkin is a Jewish family name most prominently associated with Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin.
  • B. Levshitz
    Levshitz is an alternative transliteration of the Russian surname Lifshitz, commonly associated with several notable scientists and intellectuals.
  • C. Rothkowitz
    Rothkowitz is the original family surname of the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, reflecting his Eastern European Jewish heritage.
  • D. Suschitzky
    Suschitzky is the surname of a family that includes notable cinematographers and photographers, such as Peter Suschitzky.
  • E. Munitz
    Munitz is a surname most notably associated with Barry Munitz, an American educator and former university and foundation executive.
  • 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_69d87f2b9024819085c20e52de95d583 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3287741008190856882b7f34024fc completed April 18, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a003c6a89988190a44515f1ca08099f completed May 10, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a003db7b0308190bc4b8065cf2c01ec completed May 10, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a003e86a9f48190ae39ec170c776604 completed May 10, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.