Triple

T5990514
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Sherrod E133335 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Shirley Sherrod
Shirley Sherrod is an American civil rights activist and former U.S. Department of Agriculture official known for her long career advocating for Black farmers and rural communities in the South.
E561750 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: Shirley Sherrod | Statement: [Charles Sherrod, spouse, Shirley Sherrod]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Sherrod
Context triple: [Charles Sherrod, spouse, Shirley Sherrod]
  • A. Cynthia McKinney
    Cynthia McKinney is an American politician and former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia who became the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2008.
  • B. Holga Kilgore
    Holga Kilgore is a fierce, battle-hardened barbarian and loyal companion featured as one of the main heroes in the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
  • C. Sandi Marshall
    Sandi Marshall is the wife of Bill Marshall.
  • D. Sharon Kristin Harmon
    Sharon Kristin Harmon, better known as Kristin Harmon, was an American actress and painter who was part of the prominent Nelson entertainment family.
  • E. Sue Bailey Thurman
    Sue Bailey Thurman was an African American author, historian, and civil rights activist known for her work in documenting Black history and promoting interracial and international understanding.
  • 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: Shirley Sherrod
Triple: [Charles Sherrod, spouse, Shirley Sherrod]
Generated description
Shirley Sherrod is an American civil rights activist and former U.S. Department of Agriculture official known for her long career advocating for Black farmers and rural communities in the South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Sherrod
Target entity description: Shirley Sherrod is an American civil rights activist and former U.S. Department of Agriculture official known for her long career advocating for Black farmers and rural communities in the South.
  • A. Cynthia McKinney
    Cynthia McKinney is an American politician and former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia who became the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2008.
  • B. Holga Kilgore
    Holga Kilgore is a fierce, battle-hardened barbarian and loyal companion featured as one of the main heroes in the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
  • C. Sandi Marshall
    Sandi Marshall is the wife of Bill Marshall.
  • D. Sharon Kristin Harmon
    Sharon Kristin Harmon, better known as Kristin Harmon, was an American actress and painter who was part of the prominent Nelson entertainment family.
  • E. Sue Bailey Thurman
    Sue Bailey Thurman was an African American author, historian, and civil rights activist known for her work in documenting Black history and promoting interracial and international understanding.
  • 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_69c0087010d081908bb8142342d63330 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04dc8ab648190beb1bc141796894e completed March 22, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1085ac1bc8190a828d3841098cc23 completed March 23, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c10aab4d0c8190ae467f8c7c945196 completed March 23, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c10b19705c8190a1d9ee17b1c5833f completed March 23, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:05 p.m.