Triple

T628751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roger Sherman E15878 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sherman
Sherman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, law, the military, and the arts.
E8937 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: [Roger Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman
Context triple: [Roger Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
  • A. William Tecumseh Sherman
    William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
  • B. Patton
    Patton is a surname most famously associated with U.S. General George S. Patton, a prominent and controversial World War II military commander.
  • C. Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
  • D. Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket was a prominent Shawnee war chief who led Native American resistance against United States expansion in the late 18th century.
  • E. Ike
    Ike is the familiar nickname commonly used for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in World War II.
  • 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: [Roger Sherman, familyName, Sherman]
Generated description
Sherman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, law, the military, and the arts.
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 politics, law, the military, and the arts.
  • A. William Tecumseh Sherman chosen
    William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
  • B. Patton
    Patton is a surname most famously associated with U.S. General George S. Patton, a prominent and controversial World War II military commander.
  • C. Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
  • D. Blue Jacket
    Blue Jacket was a prominent Shawnee war chief who led Native American resistance against United States expansion in the late 18th century.
  • E. Ike
    Ike is the familiar nickname commonly used for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in World War II.
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e5b5a308190a62165f9275e2f5f completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a56938be6481909a8eba01f5d856c1 completed March 2, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a569ec60a08190ad2f84dc20635621 completed March 2, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a56a6d09cc8190959d8d2e7621041f completed March 2, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.