Triple

T19590398
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lafayette Benedict Mendel E470214 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Henry Sherman
Henry Sherman was an American biochemist and nutrition scientist known for his pioneering research on vitamins and human dietary requirements.
E1393680 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: Henry Sherman | Statement: [Lafayette Benedict Mendel, notableStudent, Henry Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sherman
Context triple: [Lafayette Benedict Mendel, notableStudent, Henry Sherman]
  • A. Henry Sherman
    Henry Sherman is a compassionate, soft-spoken accountant who becomes romantically involved with Etheline Tenenbaum in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
  • B. Henry Jennings
    Henry Jennings is a supporting character in the TV series "The Americans," the young son of undercover KGB spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, whose ordinary upbringing contrasts with his parents’ secret lives.
  • C. Emile Sherman
    Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
  • D. Carl Hovey
    Carl Hovey was an American magazine editor and writer active in the early 20th century, known for his work in literary and popular periodicals.
  • E. Henry McHenry
    Henry McHenry is an American paleoanthropologist and professor known for his research on human evolution, particularly the biomechanics and locomotion of early hominins.
  • 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: Henry Sherman
Triple: [Lafayette Benedict Mendel, notableStudent, Henry Sherman]
Generated description
Henry Sherman was an American biochemist and nutrition scientist known for his pioneering research on vitamins and human dietary requirements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sherman
Target entity description: Henry Sherman was an American biochemist and nutrition scientist known for his pioneering research on vitamins and human dietary requirements.
  • A. Henry Sherman
    Henry Sherman is a compassionate, soft-spoken accountant who becomes romantically involved with Etheline Tenenbaum in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
  • B. Henry Jennings
    Henry Jennings is a supporting character in the TV series "The Americans," the young son of undercover KGB spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, whose ordinary upbringing contrasts with his parents’ secret lives.
  • C. Emile Sherman
    Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
  • D. Carl Hovey
    Carl Hovey was an American magazine editor and writer active in the early 20th century, known for his work in literary and popular periodicals.
  • E. Henry McHenry
    Henry McHenry is an American paleoanthropologist and professor known for his research on human evolution, particularly the biomechanics and locomotion of early hominins.
  • 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_69d8e510024481908415c0d616fa6186 completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e640552db48190b34555e4b72a75c4 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd4f39248190af2d5f260a3e7aac completed May 16, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07bdf17bb081908482b1da2bac1a35 completed May 16, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07beac80888190937aceebf6e43e18 completed May 16, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.