Triple

T12894131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James B. Donovan E308446 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary McKenna Donovan
Mary McKenna Donovan was the wife of American lawyer and diplomat James B. Donovan, noted for her role as his partner and supporter during his prominent Cold War legal and diplomatic work.
E1022629 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: Mary McKenna Donovan | Statement: [James B. Donovan, spouse, Mary McKenna Donovan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary McKenna Donovan
Context triple: [James B. Donovan, spouse, Mary McKenna Donovan]
  • A. Bridget Donovan
    Bridget Donovan is a central character in the television drama series "Ray Donovan," known as Ray's intelligent yet troubled daughter who struggles with the chaos of her family's criminal entanglements.
  • B. Mary Cleary
    Mary Cleary was the wife of Commodore John Barry, an early U.S. naval officer often called the "Father of the American Navy."
  • C. Mary Burke
    Mary Burke is a film producer known for her work on independent and critically acclaimed British films.
  • D. Sally McKenna
    Sally McKenna is a troubled, drug-addicted ghost who haunts the Hotel Cortez in the television series "American Horror Story: Hotel."
  • E. Marianne McKenna
    Marianne McKenna is a prominent Canadian architect and founding partner of KPMB Architects, known for her influential work in cultural, educational, and civic architecture.
  • 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: Mary McKenna Donovan
Triple: [James B. Donovan, spouse, Mary McKenna Donovan]
Generated description
Mary McKenna Donovan was the wife of American lawyer and diplomat James B. Donovan, noted for her role as his partner and supporter during his prominent Cold War legal and diplomatic work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary McKenna Donovan
Target entity description: Mary McKenna Donovan was the wife of American lawyer and diplomat James B. Donovan, noted for her role as his partner and supporter during his prominent Cold War legal and diplomatic work.
  • A. Bridget Donovan
    Bridget Donovan is a central character in the television drama series "Ray Donovan," known as Ray's intelligent yet troubled daughter who struggles with the chaos of her family's criminal entanglements.
  • B. Mary Cleary
    Mary Cleary was the wife of Commodore John Barry, an early U.S. naval officer often called the "Father of the American Navy."
  • C. Mary Burke
    Mary Burke is a film producer known for her work on independent and critically acclaimed British films.
  • D. Sally McKenna
    Sally McKenna is a troubled, drug-addicted ghost who haunts the Hotel Cortez in the television series "American Horror Story: Hotel."
  • E. Marianne McKenna
    Marianne McKenna is a prominent Canadian architect and founding partner of KPMB Architects, known for her influential work in cultural, educational, and civic architecture.
  • 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971484aa08190a8adfafabe600903 completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6e262580c8190ad3f1aa77fd0674c completed May 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6e4774f4881908692c2d57158db4a completed May 3, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6e5630a5c8190bc17abac3cc6612e completed May 3, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.