Triple

T10808893
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John D. MacDonald E255041 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald
Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald was the wife of American novelist John D. MacDonald and a significant partner in his personal and professional life.
 E888100 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: Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald | Statement: [John D. MacDonald, spouse, Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald
Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, spouse, Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald]
  • A. Dorothy Ely
    Dorothy Ely was the wife of influential British analytic philosopher G. E. Moore.
  • B. Dorothy Marie Marsh
    Dorothy Marie Marsh, better known as Dottie West, was an influential American country music singer-songwriter who helped shape the Nashville sound from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • C. Minnie Machen Sayre
    Minnie Machen Sayre was an American socialite from Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the mother of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.
  • D. Dorothy Boyd
    Dorothy Boyd is a compassionate single mother and accountant who becomes Jerry Maguire’s loyal partner in both his fledgling sports management venture and his personal journey toward genuine love and integrity.
  • E. Gladys McConnell
    Gladys McConnell was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era, known for her roles in Westerns and adventure serials.
  • 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: Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald
Triple: [John D. MacDonald, spouse, Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald]
Generated description
Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald was the wife of American novelist John D. MacDonald and a significant partner in his personal and professional life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald
Target entity description: Dorothy Prentiss MacDonald was the wife of American novelist John D. MacDonald and a significant partner in his personal and professional life.
  • A. Dorothy Ely
    Dorothy Ely was the wife of influential British analytic philosopher G. E. Moore.
  • B. Dorothy Marie Marsh
    Dorothy Marie Marsh, better known as Dottie West, was an influential American country music singer-songwriter who helped shape the Nashville sound from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • C. Minnie Machen Sayre
    Minnie Machen Sayre was an American socialite from Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the mother of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.
  • D. Dorothy Boyd
    Dorothy Boyd is a compassionate single mother and accountant who becomes Jerry Maguire’s loyal partner in both his fledgling sports management venture and his personal journey toward genuine love and integrity.
  • E. Gladys McConnell
    Gladys McConnell was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era, known for her roles in Westerns and adventure serials.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733b60c6481909b043565a65f996d completed April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de8513fe0881909d6833c85aac03a8 completed April 14, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8e6f3fac8190bcd1675978d6d6d7 completed April 14, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8fa679cc81909cb51035e5403ce9 completed April 14, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.