Triple
T10461043
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herndon’s Life of Lincoln |
E246674
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Herndon |
E49628
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 H. Herndon | Statement: [Herndon’s Life of Lincoln, author, William H. Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Herndon Context triple: [Herndon’s Life of Lincoln, author, William H. Herndon]
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A.
William Herndon
chosen
William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
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B.
William Lewis Herndon
William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
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C.
Hinton Rowan Helper
Hinton Rowan Helper was a 19th-century American Southern critic of slavery best known for his controversial antislavery book "The Impending Crisis of the South."
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D.
William Lewis Herndon Arthur
William Lewis Herndon Arthur was the son of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known primarily for his connection to the 21st president’s family.
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E.
David Wills
David Wills was a prominent Gettysburg attorney and civic leader best known for organizing the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and hosting President Abraham Lincoln when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381c16c248190a2fe5b471e584e9c |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d50883b62c819082711b8c9fd968e3 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d90dac584081909a79bc300b9338c8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:19 p.m.