Triple

T5183991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jerry Herman E116986 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Gerald Sheldon Herman
Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist best known for his hit Broadway musicals such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles."
E562686 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: Gerald Sheldon Herman | Statement: [Jerry Herman, fullName, Gerald Sheldon Herman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Sheldon Herman
Context triple: [Jerry Herman, fullName, Gerald Sheldon Herman]
  • A. Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
    Roy Harold Scherer Jr. was the birth name of Rock Hudson, the iconic American film and television actor and one of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. Charles Schoenbaum
    Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Pandro S. Berman
    Pandro S. Berman was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood’s classic era, known for overseeing numerous successful MGM and RKO pictures.
  • D. Charles K. Feldman
    Charles K. Feldman was a prominent American film producer and talent agent known for shaping major Hollywood projects and representing high-profile stars during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Fred Hellerman
    Fred Hellerman was an American folk singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the influential folk group The Weavers.
  • 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: Gerald Sheldon Herman
Triple: [Jerry Herman, fullName, Gerald Sheldon Herman]
Generated description
Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist best known for his hit Broadway musicals such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Sheldon Herman
Target entity description: Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist best known for his hit Broadway musicals such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles."
  • A. Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
    Roy Harold Scherer Jr. was the birth name of Rock Hudson, the iconic American film and television actor and one of Hollywood’s leading men of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. Charles Schoenbaum
    Charles Schoenbaum was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Pandro S. Berman
    Pandro S. Berman was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood’s classic era, known for overseeing numerous successful MGM and RKO pictures.
  • D. Charles K. Feldman
    Charles K. Feldman was a prominent American film producer and talent agent known for shaping major Hollywood projects and representing high-profile stars during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Fred Hellerman
    Fred Hellerman was an American folk singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the influential folk group The Weavers.
  • 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_69bd44620ff48190bcac01782107a397 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd799eb90c8190b738e9478699180f completed March 20, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c107a4786881908a5fdd26e65e949b completed March 23, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1090a7bac8190b5b9e003659b4b34 completed March 23, 2026, 9:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c10d5102348190a9ec7421b1410a99 completed March 23, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.