Triple

T11485966
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ottumwa, Iowa E272276 entity
Predicate isBirthplaceOf P1 FINISHED
Object Herschel C. Loveless
Herschel C. Loveless was an American Democratic politician who served as the 34th governor of Iowa from 1957 to 1961.
 E928730 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: Herschel C. Loveless | Statement: [Ottumwa, Iowa, isBirthplaceOf, Herschel C. Loveless]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herschel C. Loveless
Context triple: [Ottumwa, Iowa, isBirthplaceOf, Herschel C. Loveless]
  • A. William Sidney Lovell-Smith
    William Sidney Lovell-Smith was a New Zealand printer and suffrage supporter best known as the husband and collaborator of leading women's rights activist Kate Sheppard.
  • B. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • C. Thomas M. Wright
    Thomas M. Wright is an Australian actor, writer, and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work behind the camera on acclaimed independent projects.
  • D. Meade Lux Lewis
    Meade Lux Lewis was an influential American pianist and composer best known for helping popularize boogie-woogie music in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. S. H. Eldridge
    S. H. Eldridge was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Eldridge, Iowa, was named.
  • 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: Herschel C. Loveless
Triple: [Ottumwa, Iowa, isBirthplaceOf, Herschel C. Loveless]
Generated description
Herschel C. Loveless was an American Democratic politician who served as the 34th governor of Iowa from 1957 to 1961.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herschel C. Loveless
Target entity description: Herschel C. Loveless was an American Democratic politician who served as the 34th governor of Iowa from 1957 to 1961.
  • A. William Sidney Lovell-Smith
    William Sidney Lovell-Smith was a New Zealand printer and suffrage supporter best known as the husband and collaborator of leading women's rights activist Kate Sheppard.
  • B. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • C. Thomas M. Wright
    Thomas M. Wright is an Australian actor, writer, and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work behind the camera on acclaimed independent projects.
  • D. Meade Lux Lewis
    Meade Lux Lewis was an influential American pianist and composer best known for helping popularize boogie-woogie music in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. S. H. Eldridge
    S. H. Eldridge was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Eldridge, Iowa, was named.
  • 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_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d85a1fc9688190aacc2eed64229b79 completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e60451a89081909f9534fee6cb809f completed April 20, 2026, 10:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a5ea0481908169c58dc0831b76 completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e6182b06f88190ab36d976ac989019 completed April 20, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.