Triple
T12316186
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Herschel |
E293603
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entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel
Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel was the wife of British astronomer Sir John Herschel and the mother of his twelve children, known for managing the family’s domestic and social life during his scientific career.
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E979638
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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: Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel | Statement: [John Herschel, spouse, Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel Context triple: [John Herschel, spouse, Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel]
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A.
Mary Pitt Herschel
Mary Pitt Herschel was the wife of astronomer William Herschel and a member of the prominent Herschel family associated with major advances in astronomy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel was a pioneering German-born British astronomer renowned for her discovery of several comets and for being one of the first women to receive recognition in the field of astronomy.
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C.
Margaret Maskelyne
Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
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D.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and science writer whose work in popularizing and synthesizing scientific knowledge helped shape early modern mathematics and influenced figures like Ada Lovelace.
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E.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
- 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: Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel Triple: [John Herschel, spouse, Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel]
Generated description
Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel was the wife of British astronomer Sir John Herschel and the mother of his twelve children, known for managing the family’s domestic and social life during his scientific career.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel Target entity description: Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel was the wife of British astronomer Sir John Herschel and the mother of his twelve children, known for managing the family’s domestic and social life during his scientific career.
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A.
Mary Pitt Herschel
Mary Pitt Herschel was the wife of astronomer William Herschel and a member of the prominent Herschel family associated with major advances in astronomy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
B.
Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel was a pioneering German-born British astronomer renowned for her discovery of several comets and for being one of the first women to receive recognition in the field of astronomy.
-
C.
Margaret Maskelyne
Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
-
D.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and science writer whose work in popularizing and synthesizing scientific knowledge helped shape early modern mathematics and influenced figures like Ada Lovelace.
-
E.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
- 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f05186481909c024a933b4f6c60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62a9d50b081908f0bdb7a2ca2832a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f62be420308190bcb00d8b37b09ea2 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63050f5d48190881688d12c4c1819 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.