Triple

T10286081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Hickman E241229 entity
Predicate hasFamilyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hickman
Hickman is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
E852712 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: Hickman | Statement: [Howard Hickman, hasFamilyName, Hickman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickman
Context triple: [Howard Hickman, hasFamilyName, Hickman]
  • A. Erdman
    Erdman is a masculine given name most notably borne by Disney story artist and screenwriter Erdman Penner.
  • B. Hooperman
    Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
  • C. Hartman
    Hartman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, academia, and politics.
  • D. Pittman
    Pittman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • E. Darrow
    Darrow is a surname most famously associated with Clarence Darrow, the prominent American lawyer and civil libertarian known for high-profile cases in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Hickman
Triple: [Howard Hickman, hasFamilyName, Hickman]
Generated description
Hickman is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickman
Target entity description: Hickman is an English-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Erdman
    Erdman is a masculine given name most notably borne by Disney story artist and screenwriter Erdman Penner.
  • B. Hooperman
    Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
  • C. Hartman
    Hartman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, academia, and politics.
  • D. Pittman
    Pittman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • E. Darrow
    Darrow is a surname most famously associated with Clarence Darrow, the prominent American lawyer and civil libertarian known for high-profile cases in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2b8343c819087c50e5471c46e3f completed April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f84d432c8190a7d33e6c9f8ba8f2 completed April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fcae243c819095a2e791716805bd completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd3495fc8190a093d2536cfbe58a completed April 9, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m.