Triple
T8134810
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roanoke, Virginia |
E189942
|
entity |
| Predicate | mayor |
P185
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sherman P. Lea Sr.
Sherman P. Lea Sr. is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, and has been active in local public service and community leadership.
|
E719777
|
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 P. Lea Sr. | Statement: [Roanoke, Virginia, mayor, Sherman P. Lea Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman P. Lea Sr. Context triple: [Roanoke, Virginia, mayor, Sherman P. Lea Sr.]
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A.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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B.
Charles A. L. Reed
Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
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C.
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
George A. Trenholm
George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
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E.
Charles B. Reed
Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
- 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 P. Lea Sr. Triple: [Roanoke, Virginia, mayor, Sherman P. Lea Sr.]
Generated description
Sherman P. Lea Sr. is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, and has been active in local public service and community leadership.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman P. Lea Sr. Target entity description: Sherman P. Lea Sr. is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, and has been active in local public service and community leadership.
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A.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
-
B.
Charles A. L. Reed
Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
-
C.
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
George A. Trenholm
George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
-
E.
Charles B. Reed
Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
- 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb43bbae608190bdc1afe6f0ab83ae |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cced20909481909e44182f1a8fb2a1 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccf1b5f95481909fdb08d00d06023e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd055292088190927046793cec1c36 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.