Triple

T16890434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boris Thomashefsky E424156 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Boruch Thomashefsky
Boruch Thomashefsky, better known as Boris Thomashefsky, was a pioneering actor and producer who became one of the most influential stars of the American Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1260803 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: Boruch Thomashefsky | Statement: [Boris Thomashefsky, birthName, Boruch Thomashefsky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boruch Thomashefsky
Context triple: [Boris Thomashefsky, birthName, Boruch Thomashefsky]
  • A. Boruch Minewitz
    Boruch Minewitz, better known as Borrah Minevitch, was a prominent early 20th-century harmonica virtuoso, bandleader, and entertainer who popularized the instrument through his group the Harmonica Rascals.
  • B. Peretz Rosenbaum
    Peretz Rosenbaum, better known as Paul Rand, was a pioneering American graphic designer renowned for his influential corporate logo designs for companies such as IBM, ABC, and UPS.
  • C. Mordechai Breuer
    Mordechai Breuer was a prominent German-Israeli Orthodox Jewish scholar known for his pioneering work on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible and his influential "aspects" approach to biblical criticism.
  • D. Meir Vilner
    Meir Vilner was a prominent Israeli communist politician and one of the signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
  • E. Peretz Hirschbein
    Peretz Hirschbein was a pioneering Yiddish playwright and theater director whose lyrical, often rural-themed dramas helped shape modern Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Boruch Thomashefsky
Triple: [Boris Thomashefsky, birthName, Boruch Thomashefsky]
Generated description
Boruch Thomashefsky, better known as Boris Thomashefsky, was a pioneering actor and producer who became one of the most influential stars of the American Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boruch Thomashefsky
Target entity description: Boruch Thomashefsky, better known as Boris Thomashefsky, was a pioneering actor and producer who became one of the most influential stars of the American Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Boruch Minewitz
    Boruch Minewitz, better known as Borrah Minevitch, was a prominent early 20th-century harmonica virtuoso, bandleader, and entertainer who popularized the instrument through his group the Harmonica Rascals.
  • B. Peretz Rosenbaum
    Peretz Rosenbaum, better known as Paul Rand, was a pioneering American graphic designer renowned for his influential corporate logo designs for companies such as IBM, ABC, and UPS.
  • C. Mordechai Breuer
    Mordechai Breuer was a prominent German-Israeli Orthodox Jewish scholar known for his pioneering work on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible and his influential "aspects" approach to biblical criticism.
  • D. Meir Vilner
    Meir Vilner was a prominent Israeli communist politician and one of the signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
  • E. Peretz Hirschbein
    Peretz Hirschbein was a pioneering Yiddish playwright and theater director whose lyrical, often rural-themed dramas helped shape modern Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d889da3e8c8190a2b118f383f0beac completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3bbc473d4819090cfea374ef5ca49 completed April 18, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a017932fd5481909bf3c63409fd6da6 completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017d46a0b88190a016ae624d6f4dd4 completed May 11, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017dc25d648190ab5031ee8ad09d91 completed May 11, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.