Triple

T4849131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Hemings E108367 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hemings
Hemings is a historically significant American family name most closely associated with the enslaved Hemings family at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation.
 E473537 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: Hemings | Statement: [Robert Hemings, familyName, Hemings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hemings
Context triple: [Robert Hemings, familyName, Hemings]
  • A. Custis
    Custis is a historic Virginia family name most notably associated with the stepchildren and descendants of George Washington through his wife Martha Dandridge Custis.
  • B. Varina
    Varina is a historic magisterial district and community in eastern Henrico County, Virginia, known for its early colonial settlements along the James River.
  • C. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • D. Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
    Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an American plantation mistress and prominent member of the Virginia gentry, known for her philanthropy, religious work, and role as the mother-in-law of Robert E. Lee.
  • E. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • 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: Hemings
Triple: [Robert Hemings, familyName, Hemings]
Generated description
Hemings is a historically significant American family name most closely associated with the enslaved Hemings family at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hemings
Target entity description: Hemings is a historically significant American family name most closely associated with the enslaved Hemings family at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation.
  • A. Custis
    Custis is a historic Virginia family name most notably associated with the stepchildren and descendants of George Washington through his wife Martha Dandridge Custis.
  • B. Varina
    Varina is a historic magisterial district and community in eastern Henrico County, Virginia, known for its early colonial settlements along the James River.
  • C. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • D. Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
    Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an American plantation mistress and prominent member of the Virginia gentry, known for her philanthropy, religious work, and role as the mother-in-law of Robert E. Lee.
  • E. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d1c5594819094fe021d7717032d completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cdafb3481908594ae883c6e9872 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5d4f2f908190b305996875f1f956 completed March 21, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5dcbb58c8190bbcf75c570720ad6 completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.