Triple
T22634580
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sherman |
E558644
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Sherman |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Thomas Sherman | Statement: [Sherman, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Sherman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sherman Context triple: [Sherman, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Sherman]
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A.
Scott Sherman
Scott Sherman is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet during the Civil War.
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C.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon best known for his leadership roles in major Himalayan expeditions during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
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E.
Samuel M. Comer
Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sherman Target entity description: Thomas Sherman is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, most commonly recognized as an American lawyer and public figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Scott Sherman
Scott Sherman is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet during the Civil War.
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C.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
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D.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon best known for his leadership roles in major Himalayan expeditions during the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Samuel M. Comer
Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1700d492081909bab8d9dbb1faef2 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:03 p.m.