Triple

T661084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hell on Wheels E11755 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
E171871 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: Elam Ferguson | Statement: [Hell on Wheels, hasMainCharacter, Elam Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elam Ferguson
Context triple: [Hell on Wheels, hasMainCharacter, Elam Ferguson]
  • A. Ray Rennahan
    Ray Rennahan was an American cinematographer renowned as a pioneer of Technicolor filmmaking, notably for his work on classic films such as "Gone with the Wind."
  • B. Kenneth Murray
    Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
  • C. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • D. Rex Scouten
    Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
  • E. Earl Roberts
    Earl Roberts is a British noble title created in honor of Lord Roberts, a distinguished military leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Elam Ferguson
Triple: [Hell on Wheels, hasMainCharacter, Elam Ferguson]
Generated description
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elam Ferguson
Target entity description: Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
  • A. Ray Rennahan
    Ray Rennahan was an American cinematographer renowned as a pioneer of Technicolor filmmaking, notably for his work on classic films such as "Gone with the Wind."
  • B. Kenneth Murray
    Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
  • C. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • D. Rex Scouten
    Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
  • E. Earl Roberts
    Earl Roberts is a British noble title created in honor of Lord Roberts, a distinguished military leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49fa954988190841740a587ace466 completed March 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad230463f08190b9434172264078f2 completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23ac782481909575f00ce3d7b382 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24411d0081909ab2fab326eecd6d completed March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.