Triple

T11998614
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John F. A. Sandford E285593 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object John F. A. Sanford
John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
 E958919 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 F. A. Sanford | Statement: [John F. A. Sandford, alsoKnownAs, John F. A. Sanford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John F. A. Sanford
Context triple: [John F. A. Sandford, alsoKnownAs, John F. A. Sanford]
  • A. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • B. James G. Birney
    James G. Birney was a 19th-century American abolitionist, politician, and former slaveholder who became a leading anti-slavery advocate and presidential candidate.
  • C. Morris Hayes
    Morris Hayes is an American keyboardist, producer, and musical director best known for his longtime collaboration with Prince as a core member of The New Power Generation.
  • D. George Alexander Stevens
    George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
  • E. Felix Grundy
    Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
  • 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 F. A. Sanford
Triple: [John F. A. Sandford, alsoKnownAs, John F. A. Sanford]
Generated description
John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John F. A. Sanford
Target entity description: John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • A. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • B. James G. Birney
    James G. Birney was a 19th-century American abolitionist, politician, and former slaveholder who became a leading anti-slavery advocate and presidential candidate.
  • C. Morris Hayes
    Morris Hayes is an American keyboardist, producer, and musical director best known for his longtime collaboration with Prince as a core member of The New Power Generation.
  • D. George Alexander Stevens
    George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
  • E. Felix Grundy
    Felix Grundy was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. congressman, senator, and Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
  • 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903c26d7881909b67a31d04882eb5 completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f472917ed08190a872d9e5663d5ed5 completed May 1, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7e4a40819085680c48eed5418a completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47df40a8c8190bd7350ba27f57214 completed May 1, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.