Triple
T22634630
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James S. Sherman |
E558645
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas N. Sherman |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Thomas N. Sherman | Statement: [James S. Sherman, child, Thomas N. Sherman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas N. Sherman Context triple: [James S. Sherman, child, Thomas N. Sherman]
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A.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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B.
George C. Sherman
George C. Sherman was an American polo player and influential figure in the sport’s development in the early 20th century.
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C.
Thomas Ewing Sherman
Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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D.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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E.
William Sherman
William Sherman is the charming, mischievous teenage boy who serves as the romantic interest of Doris Day’s character in the classic musical film "On Moonlight Bay."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas N. Sherman Target entity description: Thomas N. Sherman was the son of James S. Sherman, the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft.
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A.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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B.
George C. Sherman
George C. Sherman was an American polo player and influential figure in the sport’s development in the early 20th century.
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C.
Thomas Ewing Sherman
Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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D.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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E.
William Sherman
William Sherman is the charming, mischievous teenage boy who serves as the romantic interest of Doris Day’s character in the classic musical film "On Moonlight Bay."
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1700d492081909bab8d9dbb1faef2 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:03 p.m.