Triple
T1657632
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Irving Berlin |
E35835
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ellin Mackay
Ellin Mackay was an American socialite and writer best known for her controversial marriage to composer Irving Berlin, which defied the social and religious norms of their time.
|
E252105
|
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: Ellin Mackay | Statement: [Irving Berlin, spouse, Ellin Mackay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellin Mackay Context triple: [Irving Berlin, spouse, Ellin Mackay]
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A.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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B.
Catherine Macmillan
Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
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C.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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D.
Helen Mack
Helen Mack was an American film and radio actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her versatile performances in both comedy and drama.
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E.
Jane Innes
Jane Innes was the wife of British statesman Thomas Pitt, connecting her to a prominent political and mercantile family in 18th-century Britain.
- 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: Ellin Mackay Triple: [Irving Berlin, spouse, Ellin Mackay]
Generated description
Ellin Mackay was an American socialite and writer best known for her controversial marriage to composer Irving Berlin, which defied the social and religious norms of their time.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellin Mackay Target entity description: Ellin Mackay was an American socialite and writer best known for her controversial marriage to composer Irving Berlin, which defied the social and religious norms of their time.
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A.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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B.
Catherine Macmillan
Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
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C.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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D.
Helen Mack
Helen Mack was an American film and radio actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her versatile performances in both comedy and drama.
-
E.
Jane Innes
Jane Innes was the wife of British statesman Thomas Pitt, connecting her to a prominent political and mercantile family in 18th-century Britain.
- 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8d85f08190a50ade3f443b7703 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7ed8b7a08190a39f4b90fbf68cd9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7f701cc48190a5ca5320ac15117d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae7ff1fb748190961febf3790f03cf |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.