Triple

T13909963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lottie Pickford E334462 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Russell O. Gillard
Russell O. Gillard was the husband of silent film actress Lottie Pickford, sister of movie star Mary Pickford.
E1131419 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: Russell O. Gillard | Statement: [Lottie Pickford, spouse, Russell O. Gillard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell O. Gillard
Context triple: [Lottie Pickford, spouse, Russell O. Gillard]
  • A. Charles P. Boyle
    Charles P. Boyle was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly family-oriented productions from major Hollywood studios.
  • B. George J. Burke
    George J. Burke was an American judge who served as one of the presiding jurists in the post–World War II Nuremberg "Hostages Trial" of German military leaders.
  • C. Peter A. Sturgeon
    Peter A. Sturgeon is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
  • D. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • E. Dominic L. Gorie
    Dominic L. Gorie is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
  • 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: Russell O. Gillard
Triple: [Lottie Pickford, spouse, Russell O. Gillard]
Generated description
Russell O. Gillard was the husband of silent film actress Lottie Pickford, sister of movie star Mary Pickford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell O. Gillard
Target entity description: Russell O. Gillard was the husband of silent film actress Lottie Pickford, sister of movie star Mary Pickford.
  • A. Charles P. Boyle
    Charles P. Boyle was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, particularly family-oriented productions from major Hollywood studios.
  • B. George J. Burke
    George J. Burke was an American judge who served as one of the presiding jurists in the post–World War II Nuremberg "Hostages Trial" of German military leaders.
  • C. Peter A. Sturgeon
    Peter A. Sturgeon is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
  • D. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • E. Dominic L. Gorie
    Dominic L. Gorie is a retired NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
  • 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_69d81c5eaa9c819083b1ff8689179565 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2721ec6c8190888f4a9d004eb8e0 completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe967cea3c81909d9b600501897a41 completed May 9, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe978c4e34819096ae7e486a517a66 completed May 9, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe97f01e4881908380b8796d016c25 completed May 9, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.