Triple

T21684922
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Margaret Esherick E535204 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Esherick
Esherick is a surname most notably associated with several American artists and architects, including modernist sculptor Wharton Esherick.
 E1497192 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: Esherick | Statement: [Margaret Esherick, familyName, Esherick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Esherick
Context triple: [Margaret Esherick, familyName, Esherick]
  • A. Wheelwright
    Wheelwright is an English occupational surname originally given to people who built or repaired wooden wheels.
  • B. Hilberseimer
    Hilberseimer is the surname of Ludwig Hilberseimer, a German-American architect and urban planner known for his influential modernist city planning theories.
  • C. Oberholtzer
    Oberholtzer is a German-origin surname, often associated with Mennonite and Amish families, that serves as a variant of the Overholt family name.
  • D. Othmer
    Othmer is a surname most prominently associated with American chemical engineer and educator Donald F. Othmer, known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
  • E. Mathieson
    Mathieson is a surname of Scottish origin, typically regarded as a variant of Matheson and derived from a patronymic meaning “son of Matthew.”
  • 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: Esherick
Triple: [Margaret Esherick, familyName, Esherick]
Generated description
Esherick is a surname most notably associated with several American artists and architects, including modernist sculptor Wharton Esherick.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Esherick
Target entity description: Esherick is a surname most notably associated with several American artists and architects, including modernist sculptor Wharton Esherick.
  • A. Wheelwright
    Wheelwright is an English occupational surname originally given to people who built or repaired wooden wheels.
  • B. Hilberseimer
    Hilberseimer is the surname of Ludwig Hilberseimer, a German-American architect and urban planner known for his influential modernist city planning theories.
  • C. Oberholtzer
    Oberholtzer is a German-origin surname, often associated with Mennonite and Amish families, that serves as a variant of the Overholt family name.
  • D. Othmer
    Othmer is a surname most prominently associated with American chemical engineer and educator Donald F. Othmer, known for co-editing the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
  • E. Mathieson
    Mathieson is a surname of Scottish origin, typically regarded as a variant of Matheson and derived from a patronymic meaning “son of Matthew.”
  • 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_69e0c469b6ec8190aee4cadd1527db91 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef96ca668481909f53853c7a8ea811 completed April 27, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a1e1ec8f881909fe66005ff445760 completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1ee2662c8190887c9fd2073fcd12 completed May 17, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a1fb328e081908b39b4c85cb23d1e completed May 17, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:44 p.m.