Triple
T1657850
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | R. H. Macy |
E35839
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Louisa Houghton Macy
Louisa Houghton Macy was the wife of American retail magnate Rowland Hussey Macy, founder of the Macy's department store chain.
|
E252106
|
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: Louisa Houghton Macy | Statement: [R. H. Macy, spouse, Louisa Houghton Macy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisa Houghton Macy Context triple: [R. H. Macy, spouse, Louisa Houghton Macy]
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A.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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B.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
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C.
Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
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D.
Alice Howe Gibbens
Alice Howe Gibbens was an American schoolteacher and social reformer best known as the wife and intellectual partner of philosopher and psychologist William James.
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E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- 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: Louisa Houghton Macy Triple: [R. H. Macy, spouse, Louisa Houghton Macy]
Generated description
Louisa Houghton Macy was the wife of American retail magnate Rowland Hussey Macy, founder of the Macy's department store chain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisa Houghton Macy Target entity description: Louisa Houghton Macy was the wife of American retail magnate Rowland Hussey Macy, founder of the Macy's department store chain.
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A.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
-
B.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
-
D.
Alice Howe Gibbens
Alice Howe Gibbens was an American schoolteacher and social reformer best known as the wife and intellectual partner of philosopher and psychologist William James.
-
E.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
- 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_69a90aafe5e881908158fab83998fd07 |
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.