Triple

T14830943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John Rae E348699 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Catherine Jane Thompson
Catherine Jane Thompson was the wife of Scottish Arctic explorer and Royal Navy officer Sir John Rae.
E1149812 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: Catherine Jane Thompson | Statement: [Sir John Rae, spouse, Catherine Jane Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Jane Thompson
Context triple: [Sir John Rae, spouse, Catherine Jane Thompson]
  • A. Catherine Anne Williams
    Catherine Anne Williams was the wife of 19th-century British politician and free-trade advocate Richard Cobden.
  • B. Catherine Shepherd
    Catherine Shepherd is a British former actress and charity worker best known as the wife of American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile.
  • C. Catherine Shepherd
    Catherine Shepherd is a woman known as the mother of Elijah Carlile.
  • D. Catherine Nicholson
    Catherine Nicholson was the wife of American Founding Father and U.S. Senator William Few, associated with the early political and social life of the young United States.
  • E. Catherine Douglas
    Catherine Douglas is the married name of Catherine Hyde, likely referring to her identity after marriage within historical or genealogical records.
  • 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: Catherine Jane Thompson
Triple: [Sir John Rae, spouse, Catherine Jane Thompson]
Generated description
Catherine Jane Thompson was the wife of Scottish Arctic explorer and Royal Navy officer Sir John Rae.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Jane Thompson
Target entity description: Catherine Jane Thompson was the wife of Scottish Arctic explorer and Royal Navy officer Sir John Rae.
  • A. Catherine Anne Williams
    Catherine Anne Williams was the wife of 19th-century British politician and free-trade advocate Richard Cobden.
  • B. Catherine Shepherd
    Catherine Shepherd is a British former actress and charity worker best known as the wife of American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile.
  • C. Catherine Shepherd
    Catherine Shepherd is a woman known as the mother of Elijah Carlile.
  • D. Catherine Nicholson
    Catherine Nicholson was the wife of American Founding Father and U.S. Senator William Few, associated with the early political and social life of the young United States.
  • E. Catherine Douglas
    Catherine Douglas is the married name of Catherine Hyde, likely referring to her identity after marriage within historical or genealogical records.
  • 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_69d822ec69008190a9232caa68836872 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded0748eec8190a39c94024c3a3e3e completed April 14, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fef885b07c8190af5e33303af9fbea completed May 9, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fefa54397c81909c9bfb8c0553b3d1 completed May 9, 2026, 9:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fefb04d7e4819084ac10e05dccb3e3 completed May 9, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 a.m.