Triple
T15165890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tortoise |
E362339
|
entity |
| Predicate | member |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Herndon
John Herndon is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the Chicago-based post-rock band Tortoise.
|
E1141593
|
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 Herndon | Statement: [Tortoise, member, John Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Herndon Context triple: [Tortoise, member, John Herndon]
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A.
John Herndon Mercer
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
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B.
John Adams Morgan
John Adams Morgan is an American financier and Olympic sailing medalist, known as a descendant of the prominent Morgan banking family.
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C.
George Browne Post
George Browne Post was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for pioneering skyscraper design and contributing landmark buildings to New York City's skyline.
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D.
Francis H. Kimball
Francis H. Kimball was a prominent late-19th-century American architect known for his innovative skyscraper and commercial building designs, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
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E.
Henry Rossiter Worthington
Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
- 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 Herndon Triple: [Tortoise, member, John Herndon]
Generated description
John Herndon is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the Chicago-based post-rock band Tortoise.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Herndon Target entity description: John Herndon is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the Chicago-based post-rock band Tortoise.
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A.
John Herndon Mercer
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
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B.
John Adams Morgan
John Adams Morgan is an American financier and Olympic sailing medalist, known as a descendant of the prominent Morgan banking family.
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C.
George Browne Post
George Browne Post was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for pioneering skyscraper design and contributing landmark buildings to New York City's skyline.
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D.
Francis H. Kimball
Francis H. Kimball was a prominent late-19th-century American architect known for his innovative skyscraper and commercial building designs, particularly in New York and Philadelphia.
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E.
Henry Rossiter Worthington
Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
- 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0064c6244819085daf8e1eafdf3f2 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fec887fbf08190b42dd25a99b7770d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fec974f39c819081dcec5c18090cf7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69feca9d1a5c8190b0c649f83a74231b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.