Triple
T1299782
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Colby |
E27734
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sally Shelton-Colby
Sally Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat and public servant who has held senior positions in U.S. government and international organizations, including as U.S. ambassador to several countries.
|
E221163
|
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: Sally Shelton-Colby | Statement: [William Colby, spouse, Sally Shelton-Colby]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sally Shelton-Colby Context triple: [William Colby, spouse, Sally Shelton-Colby]
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A.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Sherry Smith
Sherry Smith was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher known for his strong performances in several World Series appearances.
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E.
Emily Drinkard
Emily Drinkard, better known as Cissy Houston, is an American soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.
- 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: Sally Shelton-Colby Triple: [William Colby, spouse, Sally Shelton-Colby]
Generated description
Sally Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat and public servant who has held senior positions in U.S. government and international organizations, including as U.S. ambassador to several countries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sally Shelton-Colby Target entity description: Sally Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat and public servant who has held senior positions in U.S. government and international organizations, including as U.S. ambassador to several countries.
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A.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
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C.
Mary Grace Slattery
Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
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D.
Sherry Smith
Sherry Smith was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher known for his strong performances in several World Series appearances.
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E.
Emily Drinkard
Emily Drinkard, better known as Cissy Houston, is an American soul and gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.
- 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c11314a48190ab4efb8b1acdce50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae02f319788190ac9a634803154832 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae03647d5881908c5952dd3e2015a7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae03f3611c8190b1cb90c9e59429cc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.