Triple
T1267520
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Pickersgill |
E15634
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Pickersgill
John Pickersgill was the husband of American flagmaker Mary Pickersgill, who is best known for sewing the Star-Spangled Banner flag.
|
E151783
|
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: John Pickersgill | Statement: [Mary Pickersgill, spouse, John Pickersgill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Pickersgill Context triple: [Mary Pickersgill, spouse, John Pickersgill]
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A.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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B.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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D.
Wallace Akers
Wallace Akers was a British industrial chemist and administrator who played a key role in the United Kingdom’s early atomic energy and nuclear weapons research during World War II.
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E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- 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: John Pickersgill Triple: [Mary Pickersgill, spouse, John Pickersgill]
Generated description
John Pickersgill was the husband of American flagmaker Mary Pickersgill, who is best known for sewing the Star-Spangled Banner flag.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Pickersgill Target entity description: John Pickersgill was the husband of American flagmaker Mary Pickersgill, who is best known for sewing the Star-Spangled Banner flag.
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A.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
-
B.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
-
D.
Wallace Akers
Wallace Akers was a British industrial chemist and administrator who played a key role in the United Kingdom’s early atomic energy and nuclear weapons research during World War II.
-
E.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
- 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0396e048190b4e2d7aab19268b3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf1fa1148190a8a8a5b3e34946f0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acbf873544819099d3dff98a6b2244 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc06483b08190b5b29f684b83f43f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.