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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.