Triple

T4849150
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Hemings E108367 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Hemings family of Monticello
The Hemings family of Monticello was an enslaved African American family closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, notable for their complex familial ties to Jefferson and their prominent role in American slavery history.
E473538 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 family of Monticello | Statement: [Robert Hemings, associatedWith, Hemings family of Monticello]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hemings family of Monticello
Context triple: [Robert Hemings, associatedWith, Hemings family of Monticello]
  • A. Jefferson family
    The Jefferson family was a prominent Virginia colonial dynasty best known for producing Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
  • B. Custis family
    The Custis family was a prominent and wealthy colonial Virginia dynasty, known for its extensive landholdings, political influence, and marital ties to George Washington through Martha Dandridge Custis.
  • C. Alexander family of Virginia
    The Alexander family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its early settlement, landholdings, and political influence in Virginia’s history.
  • D. Lee family of Virginia
    The Lee family of Virginia is a prominent American political and military dynasty that played a major role in colonial, Revolutionary, and early United States history.
  • E. James family
    The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.
  • 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 family of Monticello
Triple: [Robert Hemings, associatedWith, Hemings family of Monticello]
Generated description
The Hemings family of Monticello was an enslaved African American family closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, notable for their complex familial ties to Jefferson and their prominent role in American slavery history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hemings family of Monticello
Target entity description: The Hemings family of Monticello was an enslaved African American family closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, notable for their complex familial ties to Jefferson and their prominent role in American slavery history.
  • A. Jefferson family
    The Jefferson family was a prominent Virginia colonial dynasty best known for producing Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
  • B. Custis family
    The Custis family was a prominent and wealthy colonial Virginia dynasty, known for its extensive landholdings, political influence, and marital ties to George Washington through Martha Dandridge Custis.
  • C. Alexander family of Virginia
    The Alexander family of Virginia is a prominent colonial-era lineage known for its early settlement, landholdings, and political influence in Virginia’s history.
  • D. Lee family of Virginia
    The Lee family of Virginia is a prominent American political and military dynasty that played a major role in colonial, Revolutionary, and early United States history.
  • E. James family
    The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.
  • 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.