Triple
T7588266
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sally Hemings |
E179669
|
entity |
| Predicate | freedChildren |
P78009
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Beverly Hemings |
E675687
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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, freedChildren, Beverly Hemings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beverly Hemings Context triple: [Sally Hemings, freedChildren, Beverly Hemings]
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A.
Beverly Hemings
chosen
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.
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B.
Madison Hemings
Madison Hemings was the son of Sally Hemings and, by most historical accounts, Thomas Jefferson, known for his 1873 memoir detailing life at Monticello and his family’s lineage.
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C.
Eston Hemings
Eston Hemings was the youngest son of Sally Hemings, widely believed to be fathered by Thomas Jefferson, who later became a free man, musician, and community leader in Ohio and Wisconsin.
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D.
Betty Hemings
Betty Hemings was an enslaved woman at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation and the matriarch of the influential Hemings family, whose descendants played a significant role in American history.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: freedChildren Context triple: [Sally Hemings, freedChildren, Beverly Hemings]
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A.
adoptedChildren
Indicates that one entity has legally taken another entity as their child through adoption.
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B.
childrenFounded
Indicates that the subject’s children established, created, or founded the object entity (such as an organization, institution, or project).
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C.
childrenWith
Indicates that two or more entities share one or more children together as parents or guardians.
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D.
freedBy
Indicates that an entity is released or liberated as a result of an action performed by another entity.
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E.
freeFrom
Indicates that one entity does not contain, is not affected by, or is exempt from another specified entity, condition, or constraint.
- 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_69c8ac8a4e2c81909b8038b2da8e806d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f4e04c2c8190a889d928515d9b8e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69c6f8184bb08190b2f70545a6aa277c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.