Triple

T18853198

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Samuel F. Hersey	`E461098`	entity
Predicate	electedIn	`P1239`	FINISHED
Object	United States House of Representatives election in Maine The United States House of Representatives election in Maine was a 19th-century congressional race in which Republican politician and lumber baron Samuel F. Hersey secured a seat in the U.S. House.	`E1345650`	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: United States House of Representatives election in Maine | Statement: [Samuel F. Hersey, electedIn, United States House of Representatives election in Maine]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States House of Representatives election in Maine
Context triple: [Samuel F. Hersey, electedIn, United States House of Representatives election in Maine]

A. Maine congressional delegation
The Maine congressional delegation is the group of elected officials who represent the state of Maine in the United States Congress, including its two senators and members of the House of Representatives.
B. Maine's 2nd congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural U.S. House district covering northern and western Maine, known for its swing-voter population and distinct political behavior from the state's more urban 1st district.
C. Maine's 1st congressional district
Maine's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district in southern Maine that includes the city of Portland and surrounding coastal and urban areas.
D. U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York are the regularly scheduled and special contests in which New York voters choose their representatives to serve in the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
E. 1940 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1940 United States Senate election in Maine was a federal legislative race in which Republican politician Owen Brewster won a seat in the U.S. Senate representing Maine.
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: United States House of Representatives election in Maine
Triple: [Samuel F. Hersey, electedIn, United States House of Representatives election in Maine]

Generated description

The United States House of Representatives election in Maine was a 19th-century congressional race in which Republican politician and lumber baron Samuel F. Hersey secured a seat in the U.S. House.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States House of Representatives election in Maine
Target entity description: The United States House of Representatives election in Maine was a 19th-century congressional race in which Republican politician and lumber baron Samuel F. Hersey secured a seat in the U.S. House.

A. Maine congressional delegation
The Maine congressional delegation is the group of elected officials who represent the state of Maine in the United States Congress, including its two senators and members of the House of Representatives.
B. Maine's 2nd congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural U.S. House district covering northern and western Maine, known for its swing-voter population and distinct political behavior from the state's more urban 1st district.
C. Maine's 1st congressional district
Maine's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district in southern Maine that includes the city of Portland and surrounding coastal and urban areas.
D. U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York are the regularly scheduled and special contests in which New York voters choose their representatives to serve in the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
E. 1940 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1940 United States Senate election in Maine was a federal legislative race in which Republican politician Owen Brewster won a seat in the U.S. Senate representing Maine.
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_69d8dcfa11e4819090ab1ef5bdcd2b2e`	completed	April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e5c05a8a708190b9b2b8f95b2f1d23`	completed	April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0567799c5c8190834e578cae97b3ba`	completed	May 14, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a056b4acd00819083be23d698cf8ded`	completed	May 14, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a056beea0e88190987589c3d25ddd07`	completed	May 14, 2026, 6:30 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:56 a.m.