Triple

T1408716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Jeffersons E31754 entity
Predicate notableCastMember P7010 FINISHED
Object Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley was an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic portrayal of George Jefferson on the television sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
E164742 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: Sherman Hemsley | Statement: [The Jeffersons, notableCastMember, Sherman Hemsley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Hemsley
Context triple: [The Jeffersons, notableCastMember, Sherman Hemsley]
  • A. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • B. Harry Karl
    Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
  • C. Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley was an American actor best known for playing the warm, paternal Howard Cunningham on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Jim Backus
    Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
  • E. Don Knotts
    Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • 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: Sherman Hemsley
Triple: [The Jeffersons, notableCastMember, Sherman Hemsley]
Generated description
Sherman Hemsley was an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic portrayal of George Jefferson on the television sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Hemsley
Target entity description: Sherman Hemsley was an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic portrayal of George Jefferson on the television sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
  • A. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • B. Harry Karl
    Harry Karl was an American shoe magnate and businessman best known for his high-profile marriages to Hollywood actresses, including Debbie Reynolds.
  • C. Tom Bosley
    Tom Bosley was an American actor best known for playing the warm, paternal Howard Cunningham on the classic television sitcom "Happy Days."
  • D. Jim Backus
    Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
  • E. Don Knotts
    Don Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3c10f44819085e1c4601423740d completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08ae530081909695bde0d9c46d41 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0975b0c4819095a36f833e15fdae completed March 8, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0a1df32c81908bf57911901f3f9c completed March 8, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.