Triple

T13625422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sherman family of Ohio E325567 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Hoyt Sherman
Hoyt Sherman was a 19th-century American businessman, civic leader, and arts patron from the prominent Sherman family, best known for his influential role in the development of Des Moines, Iowa.
 E1052508 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: Hoyt Sherman | Statement: [Sherman family of Ohio, hasNotableMember, Hoyt Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hoyt Sherman
Context triple: [Sherman family of Ohio, hasNotableMember, Hoyt Sherman]
  • A. George Sherman
    George Sherman was an American film director and producer best known for his extensive work on Westerns during Hollywood's studio era.
  • B. William Meade
    William Meade was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal bishop and religious leader known for his influential role in the church and in Virginia society.
  • C. William H. Steele
    William H. Steele was an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
  • D. Edward Otho Cresap Ord
    Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
  • E. William H. Chamberlain
    William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-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: Hoyt Sherman
Triple: [Sherman family of Ohio, hasNotableMember, Hoyt Sherman]
Generated description
Hoyt Sherman was a 19th-century American businessman, civic leader, and arts patron from the prominent Sherman family, best known for his influential role in the development of Des Moines, Iowa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hoyt Sherman
Target entity description: Hoyt Sherman was a 19th-century American businessman, civic leader, and arts patron from the prominent Sherman family, best known for his influential role in the development of Des Moines, Iowa.
  • A. George Sherman
    George Sherman was an American film director and producer best known for his extensive work on Westerns during Hollywood's studio era.
  • B. William Meade
    William Meade was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal bishop and religious leader known for his influential role in the church and in Virginia society.
  • C. William H. Steele
    William H. Steele was an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
  • D. Edward Otho Cresap Ord
    Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
  • E. William H. Chamberlain
    William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbbe9c72c88190be3d7a3f2e96afbc completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f78aeb591481909d39675a543a8b51 completed May 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f78bd316788190a245e8199f6ac87b completed May 3, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f78c94da6c8190b9bc1d04cee19c3c completed May 3, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.