Triple

T15123766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarence H. Johnston Sr. E361232 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Thurston Johnston
Mary Thurston Johnston was the wife and partner of prominent Minnesota architect Clarence H. Johnston Sr., associated with his family and social circle in late 19th- and early 20th-century St. Paul.
E1139613 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 Thurston Johnston | Statement: [Clarence H. Johnston Sr., spouse, Mary Thurston Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Thurston Johnston
Context triple: [Clarence H. Johnston Sr., spouse, Mary Thurston Johnston]
  • A. Mary Lee Johnston
    Mary Lee Johnston is a character in the film "Precious," serving as the abusive and deeply troubled mother of the protagonist, Claireece "Precious" Jones.
  • B. Cornelia James Cannon
    Cornelia James Cannon was an American novelist, essayist, and social reformer known for her progressive views on women's rights, birth control, and social welfare in the early 20th century.
  • C. Anne Tracy Johnston
    Anne Tracy Johnston was a 19th-century Macon, Georgia, heiress and member of a prominent local family for whom the historic Johnston–Felton–Hay House was originally built.
  • D. Mary Duty Smith
    Mary Duty Smith was the mother of Joseph Smith Sr. and grandmother of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
  • E. Maria Cook Webb
    Maria Cook Webb was the mother of Lucy Webb Hayes, the First Lady of the United States and wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • 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 Thurston Johnston
Triple: [Clarence H. Johnston Sr., spouse, Mary Thurston Johnston]
Generated description
Mary Thurston Johnston was the wife and partner of prominent Minnesota architect Clarence H. Johnston Sr., associated with his family and social circle in late 19th- and early 20th-century St. Paul.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Thurston Johnston
Target entity description: Mary Thurston Johnston was the wife and partner of prominent Minnesota architect Clarence H. Johnston Sr., associated with his family and social circle in late 19th- and early 20th-century St. Paul.
  • A. Mary Lee Johnston
    Mary Lee Johnston is a character in the film "Precious," serving as the abusive and deeply troubled mother of the protagonist, Claireece "Precious" Jones.
  • B. Cornelia James Cannon
    Cornelia James Cannon was an American novelist, essayist, and social reformer known for her progressive views on women's rights, birth control, and social welfare in the early 20th century.
  • C. Anne Tracy Johnston
    Anne Tracy Johnston was a 19th-century Macon, Georgia, heiress and member of a prominent local family for whom the historic Johnston–Felton–Hay House was originally built.
  • D. Mary Duty Smith
    Mary Duty Smith was the mother of Joseph Smith Sr. and grandmother of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.
  • E. Maria Cook Webb
    Maria Cook Webb was the mother of Lucy Webb Hayes, the First Lady of the United States and wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • 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_69d85a06450081909c5a14ea9851a15e completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e005a0c6888190840de4ead2306544 completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febfe6c9cc8190b15e81092faa8ccf completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec11a80a48190809775d712eb6399 completed May 9, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec1822c28819082f473f573669099 completed May 9, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:06 a.m.