Triple

T19718314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hemings family of Monticello E473537 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object John Hemings
John Hemings was an enslaved master carpenter and joiner at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, renowned for his skilled craftsmanship and role within the prominent Hemings family.
E1395287 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: John Hemings | Statement: [Hemings family of Monticello, notableMember, John Hemings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hemings
Context triple: [Hemings family of Monticello, notableMember, John Hemings]
  • A. Eston Hemings
    Eston Hemings was the youngest son of Sally Hemings, widely believed to be fathered by Thomas Jefferson, who later became a free man, musician, and community leader in Ohio and Wisconsin.
  • B. Harriet Hemings
    Harriet Hemings was the mixed-race daughter of enslaved woman Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, who later left Monticello and is believed to have passed into white society.
  • C. Betty Hemings
    Betty Hemings was an enslaved woman at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the matriarch of the influential Hemings family, whose descendants played a significant role in American history.
  • D. Sally Hemings
    Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson, widely believed to have had a long-term intimate relationship and several children with him at Monticello.
  • E. James Hemings
    James Hemings was an enslaved chef owned by Thomas Jefferson who became one of the first Americans formally trained in French cuisine and later negotiated for his freedom.
  • 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: John Hemings
Triple: [Hemings family of Monticello, notableMember, John Hemings]
Generated description
John Hemings was an enslaved master carpenter and joiner at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, renowned for his skilled craftsmanship and role within the prominent Hemings family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hemings
Target entity description: John Hemings was an enslaved master carpenter and joiner at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, renowned for his skilled craftsmanship and role within the prominent Hemings family.
  • A. Eston Hemings
    Eston Hemings was the youngest son of Sally Hemings, widely believed to be fathered by Thomas Jefferson, who later became a free man, musician, and community leader in Ohio and Wisconsin.
  • B. Harriet Hemings
    Harriet Hemings was the mixed-race daughter of enslaved woman Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, who later left Monticello and is believed to have passed into white society.
  • C. Betty Hemings
    Betty Hemings was an enslaved woman at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the matriarch of the influential Hemings family, whose descendants played a significant role in American history.
  • D. Sally Hemings
    Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson, widely believed to have had a long-term intimate relationship and several children with him at Monticello.
  • E. James Hemings
    James Hemings was an enslaved chef owned by Thomas Jefferson who became one of the first Americans formally trained in French cuisine and later negotiated for his freedom.
  • 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6440f9dd88190bd15cf00f739dfb4 completed April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07c4eb08b88190aecc13e2bb295e4e completed May 16, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07c612d4e081909f1ff3899bd5d70f completed May 16, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07c65509988190901ff19991398603 completed May 16, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.