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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Meir Vilner
Meir Vilner was a prominent Israeli communist politician and one of the signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
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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.