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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
George T. Dunlap
George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
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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.
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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.