Triple

T2790583
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herman Wouk Hellman E61918 entity
Predicate sharesSurnameWith P13741 FINISHED
Object Hellman family
The Hellman family is a surname-bearing family line, likely encompassing multiple related individuals such as Herman Wouk Hellman.
E298544 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: Hellman family | Statement: [Herman Wouk Hellman, sharesSurnameWith, Hellman family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hellman family
Context triple: [Herman Wouk Hellman, sharesSurnameWith, Hellman family]
  • A. Seidman family
    The Seidman family is a philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to education and business, including endowing the Seidman College of Business.
  • B. Ungern-Sternberg family
    The Ungern-Sternberg family is a Baltic German noble lineage best known for producing figures such as the eccentric and brutal White Russian warlord Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
  • C. Lerner family
    The Lerner family is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based real estate and business family best known for owning Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals.
  • D. Heckscher family
    The Heckscher family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to public parks, cultural institutions, and civic projects, particularly in New York.
  • E. Heurich family
    The Heurich family is a prominent Washington, D.C. brewing dynasty best known for its association with Christian Heurich and his historic mansion, often called Brewmaster’s Castle.
  • 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: Hellman family
Triple: [Herman Wouk Hellman, sharesSurnameWith, Hellman family]
Generated description
The Hellman family is a surname-bearing family line, likely encompassing multiple related individuals such as Herman Wouk Hellman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hellman family
Target entity description: The Hellman family is a surname-bearing family line, likely encompassing multiple related individuals such as Herman Wouk Hellman.
  • A. Seidman family
    The Seidman family is a philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to education and business, including endowing the Seidman College of Business.
  • B. Ungern-Sternberg family
    The Ungern-Sternberg family is a Baltic German noble lineage best known for producing figures such as the eccentric and brutal White Russian warlord Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.
  • C. Lerner family
    The Lerner family is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based real estate and business family best known for owning Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals.
  • D. Heckscher family
    The Heckscher family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to public parks, cultural institutions, and civic projects, particularly in New York.
  • E. Heurich family
    The Heurich family is a prominent Washington, D.C. brewing dynasty best known for its association with Christian Heurich and his historic mansion, often called Brewmaster’s Castle.
  • 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_69ab4b7f51d881908768300ebd2fbdae completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abddb4ef3081909122840a357801bf completed March 7, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc65c1f848190b6efeefb64a3e131 completed March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc6e6d4bc81908108fe24677448c3 completed March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc7907be88190b70458ed735261e8 completed March 10, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:58 p.m.