Triple

T20456336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodore, Alabama E501797 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Theodore Hieronymous
William Theodore Hieronymous was a notable figure significant enough in Alabama’s history or local affairs to have the community of Theodore, Alabama, named in his honor.
 E1433120 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: William Theodore Hieronymous | Statement: [Theodore, Alabama, namedAfter, William Theodore Hieronymous]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Theodore Hieronymous
Context triple: [Theodore, Alabama, namedAfter, William Theodore Hieronymous]
  • A. John Rudolph Niernsee
    John Rudolph Niernsee was a 19th-century American architect known for his prominent public and institutional buildings, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States.
  • B. John Henion
    John Henion is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the sports documentary series "Welcome to Wrexham."
  • C. Henry Teuscher
    Henry Teuscher was a landscape architect and horticulturist best known for designing and shaping the renowned Montreal Botanical Garden.
  • D. John Hermann
    John Hermann is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic.
  • E. Philip Edward Hartmann
    Philip Edward Hartmann was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice artist best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
  • 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: William Theodore Hieronymous
Triple: [Theodore, Alabama, namedAfter, William Theodore Hieronymous]
Generated description
William Theodore Hieronymous was a notable figure significant enough in Alabama’s history or local affairs to have the community of Theodore, Alabama, named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Theodore Hieronymous
Target entity description: William Theodore Hieronymous was a notable figure significant enough in Alabama’s history or local affairs to have the community of Theodore, Alabama, named in his honor.
  • A. John Rudolph Niernsee
    John Rudolph Niernsee was a 19th-century American architect known for his prominent public and institutional buildings, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States.
  • B. John Henion
    John Henion is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the sports documentary series "Welcome to Wrexham."
  • C. Henry Teuscher
    Henry Teuscher was a landscape architect and horticulturist best known for designing and shaping the renowned Montreal Botanical Garden.
  • D. John Hermann
    John Hermann is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic.
  • E. Philip Edward Hartmann
    Philip Edward Hartmann was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice artist best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
  • 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_69e0b4ad4940819098cf2ff6413574e5 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e696a1b03c8190984d9db6d3251308 completed April 20, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a088b10b6608190a88f466dccf31322 completed May 16, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a088c75b09081908a35bc7a9b6a45ce completed May 16, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a088d8c3ab08190a399dba52e3c99f5 completed May 16, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:32 a.m.