Triple

T10051457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Washington House E207757 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Mary Ball Washington
Mary Ball Washington was the mother of George Washington and a colonial Virginia woman whose life and legacy are closely tied to the early history of the United States.
 E837812 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Mary Ball Washington | Statement: [Mary Washington House, namedAfter, Mary Ball Washington]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mary Ball Washington
Context triple: [Mary Washington House, namedAfter, Mary Ball Washington]
  • A. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • B. Martha Washington
    Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
  • C. Eleanor Parke Custis
    Eleanor Parke Custis was one of the step-granddaughters of George Washington, known for being raised at Mount Vernon and later remembered as a prominent figure in early American society.
  • D. Martha Jefferson Randolph
    Martha Jefferson Randolph was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson and a prominent early American woman who served as White House hostess during his presidency.
  • E. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mary Ball Washington
Target entity description: Mary Ball Washington was the mother of George Washington and a colonial Virginia woman whose life and legacy are closely tied to the early history of the United States.
  • A. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • B. Martha Washington
    Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States, a wealthy widow who managed large estates and played a key role as a social and political hostess during George Washington’s leadership.
  • C. Eleanor Parke Custis
    Eleanor Parke Custis was one of the step-granddaughters of George Washington, known for being raised at Mount Vernon and later remembered as a prominent figure in early American society.
  • D. Martha Jefferson Randolph
    Martha Jefferson Randolph was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson and a prominent early American woman who served as White House hostess during his presidency.
  • E. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Mary Ball Washington
Triple: [Mary Washington House, namedAfter, Mary Ball Washington]
Generated description
Mary Ball Washington was the mother of George Washington and a colonial Virginia woman whose life and legacy are closely tied to the early history of the United States.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca835ad0608190b7c80b292da004f5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cdcf8fb23c8190b48b30cb2368dc1f ner completed
NED1 batch_69d2829e24488190be65cff760850b9e ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d284604dc88190b452ee847d3390dd ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d28391f8fc8190964cdccaf5625617 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:56 p.m.