Triple
T2251585
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Herndon |
E49628
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Herndon |
E49628
|
NE FINISHED |
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 Herndon | Statement: [William Herndon, name, William Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Herndon Context triple: [William Herndon, name, William Herndon]
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A.
William Herndon
chosen
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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B.
William Lewis Herndon
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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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.
Joshua R. Giddings
Joshua R. Giddings was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Ohio known for his fierce opposition to slavery and the slave trade.
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E.
Moorfield Storey
Moorfield Storey was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and anti-imperialist known for his early and influential advocacy for racial equality and justice.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc11d04688190abc04fac3a1804a9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1bc424819087b2ce9a6256a180 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.