Triple

T7588257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sally Hemings E179669 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Beverly Hemings
Beverly Hemings was one of the mixed-race children of Sally Hemings, historically associated with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the broader Hemings-Jefferson family legacy.
E675687 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: Beverly Hemings | Statement: [Sally Hemings, child, Beverly Hemings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beverly Hemings
Context triple: [Sally Hemings, child, Beverly Hemings]
  • A. Sally Hemings
    Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson, widely believed to have had a long-term intimate relationship and several children with him at Monticello.
  • B. Elizabeth Dandridge
    Elizabeth Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily through her relation to planter and politician John Dandridge, father of Martha Washington.
  • C. Virginia Elizabeth Davis
    Virginia Elizabeth Davis, better known as Geena Davis, is an American actress and activist renowned for her roles in films like "Thelma & Louise" and for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
  • D. Alma Long Scott
    Alma Long Scott is the child of renowned jazz and classical pianist and singer Hazel Scott.
  • E. Mary Scurlock
    Mary Scurlock was the wife of English essayist and politician Sir Richard Steele, remembered in part through his affectionate letters to her that reveal much about his personal life and character.
  • 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: Beverly Hemings
Triple: [Sally Hemings, child, Beverly Hemings]
Generated description
Beverly Hemings was one of the mixed-race children of Sally Hemings, historically associated with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the broader Hemings-Jefferson family legacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beverly Hemings
Target entity description: Beverly Hemings was one of the mixed-race children of Sally Hemings, historically associated with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the broader Hemings-Jefferson family legacy.
  • A. Sally Hemings
    Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson, widely believed to have had a long-term intimate relationship and several children with him at Monticello.
  • B. Elizabeth Dandridge
    Elizabeth Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily through her relation to planter and politician John Dandridge, father of Martha Washington.
  • C. Virginia Elizabeth Davis
    Virginia Elizabeth Davis, better known as Geena Davis, is an American actress and activist renowned for her roles in films like "Thelma & Louise" and for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
  • D. Alma Long Scott
    Alma Long Scott is the child of renowned jazz and classical pianist and singer Hazel Scott.
  • E. Mary Scurlock
    Mary Scurlock was the wife of English essayist and politician Sir Richard Steele, remembered in part through his affectionate letters to her that reveal much about his personal life and character.
  • 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_69c69f335248819093c1006f30513708 completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f99875908190b09584cf13ea1e08 completed March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8618d29c4819083e78266af8f2daa completed March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c86211e4f88190b38bce6441e33b53 completed March 28, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c862b8f3688190b0abc00458f70d7e completed March 28, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.