Triple

T15715260
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Hesseman E380943 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hesseman
Hesseman is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Howard Hesseman, known for his role on the television series "WKRP in Cincinnati."
 E1172063 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: Hesseman | Statement: [Howard Hesseman, familyName, Hesseman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hesseman
Context triple: [Howard Hesseman, familyName, Hesseman]
  • A. Hartman
    Hartman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, academia, and politics.
  • B. Hessin
    Hessin is the middle name of John Hessin Clarke, an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hosenfeld
    Hosenfeld is a German surname most notably associated with Wilm Hosenfeld, a Wehrmacht officer known for helping to save Jews during World War II.
  • D. Haymes
    Haymes is a surname most notably associated with Argentine-born American singer and actor Dick Haymes, a popular crooner of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Wesselmann
    Wesselmann is a surname most notably associated with Tom Wesselmann, a prominent American Pop Art painter known for his bold, stylized depictions of the nude and everyday consumer objects.
  • 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: Hesseman
Triple: [Howard Hesseman, familyName, Hesseman]
Generated description
Hesseman is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Howard Hesseman, known for his role on the television series "WKRP in Cincinnati."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hesseman
Target entity description: Hesseman is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Howard Hesseman, known for his role on the television series "WKRP in Cincinnati."
  • A. Hartman
    Hartman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, academia, and politics.
  • B. Hessin
    Hessin is the middle name of John Hessin Clarke, an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century.
  • C. Hosenfeld
    Hosenfeld is a German surname most notably associated with Wilm Hosenfeld, a Wehrmacht officer known for helping to save Jews during World War II.
  • D. Haymes
    Haymes is a surname most notably associated with Argentine-born American singer and actor Dick Haymes, a popular crooner of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • E. Wesselmann
    Wesselmann is a surname most notably associated with Tom Wesselmann, a prominent American Pop Art painter known for his bold, stylized depictions of the nude and everyday consumer objects.
  • 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_69d86d9bf930819082b30cf6d169297c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04f90aea0819082a9e9fe0f7780b0 completed April 16, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff7581302c8190918266f04bcf2231 completed May 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff763d40348190bf102da746420390 completed May 9, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff76ec45948190bee47609c0d2fd10 completed May 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.