Triple
T8257009
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Equestrian Statue of William Tecumseh Sherman |
E193094
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasInscription |
P1726
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Tecumseh Sherman |
E8937
|
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: William Tecumseh Sherman | Statement: [Equestrian Statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, hasInscription, William Tecumseh Sherman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Tecumseh Sherman Context triple: [Equestrian Statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, hasInscription, William Tecumseh Sherman]
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A.
William Tecumseh Sherman
chosen
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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B.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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C.
Thomas Ewing Sherman
Thomas Ewing Sherman was an American lawyer who became a Jesuit priest and educator, known as the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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D.
George J. Sherman
George J. Sherman is a benefactor and namesake associated with collegiate athletics facilities, notably lending his name to the George J. Sherman Family–Sports Complex.
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E.
Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
Philemon Tecumseh Sherman was a son of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman who lived a largely private life outside his father's military fame.
- 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb78fb91d08190904c59ccc0cd444a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:34 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc6c1451881909cfed1e27b57847c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:49 p.m.