Triple
T15159432
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Howell Davis |
E362166
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFamilyConnection |
P367
|
FINISHED |
| Object | First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Howell Davis |
E50703
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Howell Davis | Statement: [William Howell Davis, notableFamilyConnection, First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Howell Davis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Howell Davis Context triple: [William Howell Davis, notableFamilyConnection, First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Howell Davis]
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A.
Varina Howell Davis
chosen
Varina Howell Davis was an American writer and the second wife of Jefferson Davis, serving as First Lady of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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B.
Mary Blanche Ball
Mary Blanche Ball was the mother of American actor William Holden, one of classic Hollywood’s leading men.
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C.
Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson
Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson was an influential African American poet, playwright, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance known for her poignant explorations of race, gender, and social justice.
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D.
Mary Anna Custis Lee
Mary Anna Custis Lee was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, known as a prominent 19th-century Virginia aristocrat and plantation mistress.
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E.
Mary Winston
Mary Winston is a character from the television series "Sons of Anarchy," known as the wife of Piney Winston and mother of Opie Winston.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0060dd71881908ecc4a4f52d438a5 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fec885d68c8190999529b69bc34fec |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.