Triple

T22634629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James S. Sherman E558645 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Richard U. Sherman
Richard U. Sherman was the son of U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman political family in New York.
E1557152 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: Richard U. Sherman | Statement: [James S. Sherman, child, Richard U. Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard U. Sherman
Context triple: [James S. Sherman, child, Richard U. Sherman]
  • A. Richard M. Sherman
    Richard M. Sherman is an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who composed iconic music for numerous Disney films and theme park attractions.
  • B. Robert B. Sherman
    Robert B. Sherman was an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who wrote many iconic songs for Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book."
  • C. Al Sherman
    Al Sherman was a prominent American songwriter of the early 20th century known for composing numerous popular tunes for Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood.
  • D. Earl Van Dyke
    Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
  • E. Frank Otis
    Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
  • 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: Richard U. Sherman
Triple: [James S. Sherman, child, Richard U. Sherman]
Generated description
Richard U. Sherman was the son of U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman political family in New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard U. Sherman
Target entity description: Richard U. Sherman was the son of U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman and a member of the prominent Sherman political family in New York.
  • A. Richard M. Sherman
    Richard M. Sherman is an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who composed iconic music for numerous Disney films and theme park attractions.
  • B. Robert B. Sherman
    Robert B. Sherman was an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who wrote many iconic songs for Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book."
  • C. Al Sherman
    Al Sherman was a prominent American songwriter of the early 20th century known for composing numerous popular tunes for Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood.
  • D. Earl Van Dyke
    Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
  • E. Frank Otis
    Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
  • 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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1700d492081909bab8d9dbb1faef2 completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ba79605d481908e27bc1acb3625bb completed May 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba8560e8c819098ffd01e1834a137 completed May 19, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ba9c4bf048190abd9887498fa3621 completed May 19, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:03 p.m.