Triple
T19718320
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sally Hemings |
E473537
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hemings |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Hemings | Statement: [Sally Hemings, familyName, Hemings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hemings Context triple: [Sally Hemings, familyName, Hemings]
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A.
Hemings
chosen
Hemings is a historically significant American family name most closely associated with the enslaved Hemings family at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation.
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B.
Eston Hemings
Eston Hemings was the youngest son of Sally Hemings, widely believed to be fathered by Thomas Jefferson, who later became a free man, musician, and community leader in Ohio and Wisconsin.
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C.
Custis
Custis is a historic Virginia family name most notably associated with the stepchildren and descendants of George Washington through his wife Martha Dandridge Custis.
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D.
Mary Winston
Mary Winston is a character from the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as the wife of Piney Winston and mother of Opie Winston.
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E.
Madison Hemings
Madison Hemings was the son of Sally Hemings and, by most historical accounts, Thomas Jefferson, known for his 1873 memoir detailing life at Monticello and his family’s lineage.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6440f9dd88190bd15cf00f739dfb4 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.