Triple
T4876420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Illinois College |
E109214
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Herndon |
E49628
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Herndon | Statement: [Illinois College, hasAlumni, William Herndon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Herndon Context triple: [Illinois College, hasAlumni, William Herndon]
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A.
William Herndon
chosen
William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
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B.
William Lewis Herndon
William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
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C.
James T. Fields
James T. Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publisher, editor, and poet known for championing major literary figures of his era.
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D.
William Lewis Herndon Arthur
William Lewis Herndon Arthur was the son of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, known primarily for his connection to the 21st president’s family.
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E.
William Starr Miller
William Starr Miller was a prominent early 20th-century American industrialist and real estate developer whose Fifth Avenue mansion later became the home of the Neue Galerie New York.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd440e9d64819083e82cf33b4d9570 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6dbbc734819083b28a022e5690d6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be67fc50cc819083a475a1de914670 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:27 p.m.