Triple

T7072888
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sherman Hemsley E164742 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Sherman
Sherman is the given name of American actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for portraying George Jefferson on the television sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
E639717 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: Sherman | Statement: [Sherman Hemsley, givenName, Sherman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman
Context triple: [Sherman Hemsley, givenName, Sherman]
  • A. Sherman
    Sherman is a city in north-central Texas that serves as a regional hub for commerce and transportation in the Texoma area.
  • B. Sherman
    Sherman is the bumbling yet kind-hearted scientist protagonist portrayed by Eddie Murphy in the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • C. Sherman
    Sherman is a surname of English origin borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, military history, and the arts.
  • D. The General
    The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
  • E. The General
    The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
  • 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: Sherman
Triple: [Sherman Hemsley, givenName, Sherman]
Generated description
Sherman is the given name of American actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for portraying George Jefferson on the television sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman
Target entity description: Sherman is the given name of American actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for portraying George Jefferson on the television sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
  • A. Sherman
    Sherman is a city in north-central Texas that serves as a regional hub for commerce and transportation in the Texoma area.
  • B. Sherman
    Sherman is the bumbling yet kind-hearted scientist protagonist portrayed by Eddie Murphy in the comedy film "The Nutty Professor."
  • C. Sherman
    Sherman is a surname of English origin borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, military history, and the arts.
  • D. The General
    The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
  • E. The General
    The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
  • 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_69c6887b96548190a8a9b3ac8adf4119 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4cb76548190bd98876f8ba925b7 completed March 27, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7945fdafc81909c265373627af4e8 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7950271a48190b6e0c3f307ebdc5a completed March 28, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7957439b8819081fb2721bbd8b65c completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.