Triple

T393878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Tecumseh Sherman E8937 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Charles Robert Sherman
Charles Robert Sherman was an American lawyer and Ohio Supreme Court justice best known as the father of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
E108483 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: Charles Robert Sherman | Statement: [William Tecumseh Sherman, father, Charles Robert Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Robert Sherman
Context triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, father, Charles Robert Sherman]
  • A. Emile Sherman
    Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
  • B. Robert B. Sherman
    Robert B. Sherman was an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who wrote many iconic songs for Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book."
  • C. Edward David Burt
    Edward David Burt is a Bermudian politician who has served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
  • D. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • E. Andrew Arthur Allen
    Andrew Arthur Allen is the son of acclaimed American actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
  • 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: Charles Robert Sherman
Triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, father, Charles Robert Sherman]
Generated description
Charles Robert Sherman was an American lawyer and Ohio Supreme Court justice best known as the father of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Robert Sherman
Target entity description: Charles Robert Sherman was an American lawyer and Ohio Supreme Court justice best known as the father of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  • A. Emile Sherman
    Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
  • B. Robert B. Sherman
    Robert B. Sherman was an American songwriter best known as one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who wrote many iconic songs for Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book."
  • C. Edward David Burt
    Edward David Burt is a Bermudian politician who has served as the Premier of Bermuda and leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
  • D. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • E. Andrew Arthur Allen
    Andrew Arthur Allen is the son of acclaimed American actress and director Phylicia Rashad.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec77a8a08190b6f96373aa8c1346 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf473e48819095390a5904429a9c completed March 4, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d063fe8c81909a32afaf2798297f completed March 4, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d0c6a14c81909d98c648aef4e87b completed March 4, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.