Triple

T4482621
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cindy Sherman E100169 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sherman
Sherman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, arts, and entertainment.
 E441892 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: Sherman | Statement: [Cindy Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherman
Context triple: [Cindy Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
  • A. Sherman
    Sherman is a city in north-central Texas that serves as a regional hub for commerce and transportation in the Texoma area.
  • B. Sherman
    Sherman is the bumbling yet kind-hearted scientist protagonist portrayed by Eddie Murphy in the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • C. The General
    The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
  • D. The General
    The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
  • E. The General
    The General was the nickname of David Sarnoff, the influential broadcasting pioneer and longtime leader of RCA who helped shape the development of American radio and television.
  • 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: Sherman
Triple: [Cindy Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
Generated description
Sherman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, arts, and entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherman
Target entity description: Sherman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, arts, and entertainment.
  • A. Sherman
    Sherman is a city in north-central Texas that serves as a regional hub for commerce and transportation in the Texoma area.
  • B. Sherman chosen
    Sherman is the bumbling yet kind-hearted scientist protagonist portrayed by Eddie Murphy in the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • C. The General
    The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
  • D. The General
    The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
  • E. The General
    The General was the nickname of David Sarnoff, the influential broadcasting pioneer and longtime leader of RCA who helped shape the development of American radio and television.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b34553cbe48190afa8ac1cac285b86 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b356fb69a0819099f0005779f4fcac completed March 13, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b63782b8588190ba34c923ed4b792d completed March 15, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b63b8ad4b08190a28c99918ece76b3 completed March 15, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b63c15a27c81908f3a444becd41b16 completed March 15, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:36 p.m.