Triple

T15400098
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anabella Sherman E368289 entity
Predicate notableFamilyMember P367 FINISHED
Object Howard Sherman
Howard Sherman is a relatively obscure individual primarily known in available records through his familial connection to Anabella Sherman.
E1174679 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: Howard Sherman | Statement: [Anabella Sherman, notableFamilyMember, Howard Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Sherman
Context triple: [Anabella Sherman, notableFamilyMember, Howard Sherman]
  • A. Howard Sherman
    Howard Sherman is an American businessman and film producer best known as the husband of actress Sela Ward.
  • B. Bruce Sherman
    Bruce Sherman is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
  • C. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • D. Howard Marner
    Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
  • E. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • 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: Howard Sherman
Triple: [Anabella Sherman, notableFamilyMember, Howard Sherman]
Generated description
Howard Sherman is a relatively obscure individual primarily known in available records through his familial connection to Anabella Sherman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Sherman
Target entity description: Howard Sherman is a relatively obscure individual primarily known in available records through his familial connection to Anabella Sherman.
  • A. Howard Sherman
    Howard Sherman is an American businessman and film producer best known as the husband of actress Sela Ward.
  • B. Bruce Sherman
    Bruce Sherman is an American businessman and investor best known as the principal owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
  • C. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • D. Howard Marner
    Howard Marner is a character in the science-fiction comedy film "Short Circuit," serving as one of the key figures involved with the experimental military robots central to the story.
  • E. Howard Bilerman
    Howard Bilerman is a Canadian drummer, audio engineer, and record producer best known for his work with Arcade Fire and numerous influential indie rock recordings.
  • 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_69d85a16c68c819099c1b547fbc87b32 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e8d89e08190b7cae778d89fb5e1 completed April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff8759922c8190ae5a5700e3ecc87c completed May 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff87f0eed08190a0eaffb4a32f1eae completed May 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff88ba20788190aeadd14e56c510db completed May 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.