Triple
T393879
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Tecumseh Sherman |
E8937
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Hoyt Sherman
Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman family of Ohio.
|
E64132
|
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: Mary Hoyt Sherman | Statement: [William Tecumseh Sherman, mother, Mary Hoyt Sherman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Hoyt Sherman Context triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, mother, Mary Hoyt Sherman]
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A.
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch was an American suffragist and women’s rights activist, the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who played a key role in revitalizing and modernizing the U.S. women’s suffrage movement in the early 20th century.
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B.
Lou Henry Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover was an American First Lady, geologist, and humanitarian known for her advocacy of women's education and her active public role during Herbert Hoover's presidency.
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C.
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering American civil engineer, architect, and women's rights activist who was among the first women in the United States to earn an engineering degree.
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D.
Dorothy Walker Bush
Dorothy Walker Bush was an American socialite and philanthropist best known as the matriarch of the Bush political family and the mother of U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
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E.
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Anna Roosevelt Halsted was the eldest daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, known as a writer, newspaper editor, and political activist who played a prominent public role alongside her famous parents.
- 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: Mary Hoyt Sherman Triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, mother, Mary Hoyt Sherman]
Generated description
Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman family of Ohio.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Hoyt Sherman Target entity description: Mary Hoyt Sherman was the mother of American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman family of Ohio.
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A.
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch was an American suffragist and women’s rights activist, the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who played a key role in revitalizing and modernizing the U.S. women’s suffrage movement in the early 20th century.
-
B.
Lou Henry Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover was an American First Lady, geologist, and humanitarian known for her advocacy of women's education and her active public role during Herbert Hoover's presidency.
-
C.
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering American civil engineer, architect, and women's rights activist who was among the first women in the United States to earn an engineering degree.
-
D.
Dorothy Walker Bush
Dorothy Walker Bush was an American socialite and philanthropist best known as the matriarch of the Bush political family and the mother of U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
-
E.
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Anna Roosevelt Halsted was the eldest daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, known as a writer, newspaper editor, and political activist who played a prominent public role alongside her famous parents.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec77a8a08190b6f96373aa8c1346 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4a1492574819095ccb7aa9ce838ad |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4a26550348190a7cbfd9002274fc3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4a2b9c744819082dbadd54b0e2a65 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:34 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.