Triple

T13499520
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jessamyn West E320846 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Harry Maxwell McPherson
Harry Maxwell McPherson was the husband of American Quaker novelist Jessamyn West, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
 E1069417 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: Harry Maxwell McPherson | Statement: [Jessamyn West, spouse, Harry Maxwell McPherson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Maxwell McPherson
Context triple: [Jessamyn West, spouse, Harry Maxwell McPherson]
  • A. Glen MacPherson
    Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
  • B. George Macalister
    George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
  • C. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • D. William J. McAlpine
    William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
  • E. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • 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: Harry Maxwell McPherson
Triple: [Jessamyn West, spouse, Harry Maxwell McPherson]
Generated description
Harry Maxwell McPherson was the husband of American Quaker novelist Jessamyn West, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Maxwell McPherson
Target entity description: Harry Maxwell McPherson was the husband of American Quaker novelist Jessamyn West, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
  • A. Glen MacPherson
    Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
  • B. George Macalister
    George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
  • C. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • D. William J. McAlpine
    William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
  • E. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • 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_69d807629d6c8190998f1b9bb12d2ed0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf4fab688190bdc746985b0c7338 completed April 12, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce5ecad88190b7c8236969d9abc7 completed May 3, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cef1ec7c8190aabca09b8bf92202 completed May 3, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7cf4bbb308190943a1a06715ff0a0 completed May 3, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.