Triple
T7588267
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sally Hemings |
E179669
|
entity |
| Predicate | freedChildren |
P78009
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Harriet Hemings |
E678136
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Harriet Hemings | Statement: [Sally Hemings, freedChildren, Harriet Hemings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harriet Hemings Context triple: [Sally Hemings, freedChildren, Harriet Hemings]
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A.
Harriet Hemings
chosen
Harriet Hemings was the mixed-race daughter of enslaved woman Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation, who later left Monticello and is believed to have passed into white society.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c701731a288190b53ffc546a2f47d7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8b4ed90808190852ca09c06a3dc3d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.