Triple
T20251613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ellen Lewis Herndon |
E498568
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Lewis Herndon |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: [Ellen Lewis Herndon, father, William Lewis Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lewis Herndon Context triple: [Ellen Lewis Herndon, father, William Lewis Herndon]
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A.
William Lewis Herndon
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Jubal Anderson Early
Jubal Anderson Early was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive command style and postwar role as a leading proponent of the Lost Cause narrative.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e673a8b8488190b344df7a65f59684 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.