Triple

T2251626
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Herndon E49628 entity
Predicate hasNotableStudentOrAssociate P304 FINISHED
Object Jesse W. Weik
Jesse W. Weik was an American lawyer and biographer best known for co-authoring one of the earliest and most influential biographies of Abraham Lincoln with William Herndon.
E656755 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: Jesse W. Weik | Statement: [William Herndon, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Jesse W. Weik]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jesse W. Weik
Context triple: [William Herndon, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Jesse W. Weik]
  • A. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • B. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • E. Jesse E. Moorland
    Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
  • 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: Jesse W. Weik
Triple: [William Herndon, hasNotableStudentOrAssociate, Jesse W. Weik]
Generated description
Jesse W. Weik was an American lawyer and biographer best known for co-authoring one of the earliest and most influential biographies of Abraham Lincoln with William Herndon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jesse W. Weik
Target entity description: Jesse W. Weik was an American lawyer and biographer best known for co-authoring one of the earliest and most influential biographies of Abraham Lincoln with William Herndon.
  • A. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • B. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • E. Jesse E. Moorland
    Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
  • 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc11d04688190abc04fac3a1804a9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7eea9112c8190b0f0040afbf916ce completed March 28, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ef6cf4208190b6242aaea1e20b8e completed March 28, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f01543e8819082bf2dfd49d8fb28 completed March 28, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.