Triple

T1123060
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hotchkiss School E24654 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object John Hersey
John Hersey was an American writer and journalist best known for his groundbreaking reportage "Hiroshima," which detailed the experiences of survivors of the atomic bombing in Japan.
E127747 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 Hersey | Statement: [Hotchkiss School, hasAlumnus, John Hersey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hersey
Context triple: [Hotchkiss School, hasAlumnus, John Hersey]
  • A. James Michener
    James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
  • B. Martin J. Sherwin
    Martin J. Sherwin was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of the biography "American Prometheus," which chronicles the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • C. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • D. Herman Wouk Hellman
    Herman Wouk Hellman is a person notable for bearing the surname Hellman, which is shared by various individuals recognized in fields such as literature, business, and the arts.
  • E. Bernard Budiansky
    Bernard Budiansky was an influential American applied mechanician and Harvard professor known for his pioneering contributions to solid mechanics, structural stability, and material behavior.
  • 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 Hersey
Triple: [Hotchkiss School, hasAlumnus, John Hersey]
Generated description
John Hersey was an American writer and journalist best known for his groundbreaking reportage "Hiroshima," which detailed the experiences of survivors of the atomic bombing in Japan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hersey
Target entity description: John Hersey was an American writer and journalist best known for his groundbreaking reportage "Hiroshima," which detailed the experiences of survivors of the atomic bombing in Japan.
  • A. James Michener
    James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
  • B. Martin J. Sherwin
    Martin J. Sherwin was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of the biography "American Prometheus," which chronicles the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • C. Tracy Kidder
    Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
  • D. Herman Wouk Hellman
    Herman Wouk Hellman is a person notable for bearing the surname Hellman, which is shared by various individuals recognized in fields such as literature, business, and the arts.
  • E. Bernard Budiansky
    Bernard Budiansky was an influential American applied mechanician and Harvard professor known for his pioneering contributions to solid mechanics, structural stability, and material behavior.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbc09e708190b099d436d1f737eb completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac539d51848190a9eb9ddaa7e4c6a8 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac54426e3c8190af166a54af44e210 completed March 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac54bb7b148190ba1c8ab2202cf429 completed March 7, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.