Triple

T2196372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lancaster, Ohio E49983 entity
Predicate birthplaceOf P1 FINISHED
Object John Sherman
John Sherman was a prominent 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and is best known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.
E248890 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: John Sherman | Statement: [Lancaster, Ohio, birthplaceOf, John Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sherman
Context triple: [Lancaster, Ohio, birthplaceOf, John Sherman]
  • A. George W. Norris
    George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
  • B. Henry Wilson
    Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
  • C. Orville H. Platt
    Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
  • D. Harold H. Burton
    Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
  • E. John Hugh McNary
    John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon 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: John Sherman
Triple: [Lancaster, Ohio, birthplaceOf, John Sherman]
Generated description
John Sherman was a prominent 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and is best known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sherman
Target entity description: John Sherman was a prominent 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and is best known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • A. George W. Norris
    George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
  • B. Henry Wilson
    Henry Wilson was an American politician and abolitionist who served as the 18th vice president of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant.
  • C. Orville H. Platt
    Orville H. Platt was an American lawyer and long-serving U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for the Platt Amendment that shaped U.S.–Cuba relations.
  • D. Harold H. Burton
    Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
  • E. John Hugh McNary
    John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf77e4f08190a1f5ea601d306596 completed March 7, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6af40330819094b3b9d74a63b602 completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6c6bfba88190b3f2b8a081f2393e completed March 9, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6cbf1ae88190a35c65605470a01f completed March 9, 2026, 6:46 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.