Triple

T11576104
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Owen Brown E274507 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Mary Ann Day Brown
Mary Ann Day Brown was the wife of abolitionist John Brown and the mother of several of his children, remembered for her quiet resilience amid the turmoil surrounding his anti-slavery activities.
 E935895 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 Ann Day Brown | Statement: [Owen Brown, mother, Mary Ann Day Brown]

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 Ann Day Brown
Context triple: [Owen Brown, mother, Mary Ann Day Brown]
  • A. Mary Ann Parker
    Mary Ann Parker was the wife of Sir William Martin, the first Chief Justice of New Zealand, and a notable figure in early New Zealand colonial society.
  • B. Henrietta Boggs
    Henrietta Boggs was an American-Costa Rican writer, journalist, and political activist best known as the former First Lady of Costa Rica and a key figure in the country’s 1948 revolution and subsequent democratic reforms.
  • C. Martha Ann Smith
    Martha Ann Smith was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint woman best known as a daughter of early LDS Church leader and martyr Hyrum Smith.
  • D. Mary Jennings
    Mary Jennings was the first wife of American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
  • E. Almira Sessions
    Almira Sessions was an American character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • 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 Ann Day Brown
Target entity description: Mary Ann Day Brown was the wife of abolitionist John Brown and the mother of several of his children, remembered for her quiet resilience amid the turmoil surrounding his anti-slavery activities.
  • A. Mary Ann Parker
    Mary Ann Parker was the wife of Sir William Martin, the first Chief Justice of New Zealand, and a notable figure in early New Zealand colonial society.
  • B. Henrietta Boggs
    Henrietta Boggs was an American-Costa Rican writer, journalist, and political activist best known as the former First Lady of Costa Rica and a key figure in the country’s 1948 revolution and subsequent democratic reforms.
  • C. Martha Ann Smith
    Martha Ann Smith was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint woman best known as a daughter of early LDS Church leader and martyr Hyrum Smith.
  • D. Mary Jennings
    Mary Jennings was the first wife of American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
  • E. Almira Sessions
    Almira Sessions was an American character actress known for her numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
  • 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 Ann Day Brown
Triple: [Owen Brown, mother, Mary Ann Day Brown]
Generated description
Mary Ann Day Brown was the wife of abolitionist John Brown and the mother of several of his children, remembered for her quiet resilience amid the turmoil surrounding his anti-slavery activities.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aae5ac3c81908d2b0a3a665665b2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d89049721081909278adfada668ef9 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e8a78d80448190a93ca0ebfbd7e3a4 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69ee5b254a2081909cba97a6ecb10601 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69e8af93e07c8190aecb040cac6db146 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.