Triple
T1974738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Johnston |
E42882
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Frances Cathcart
Frances Cathcart was the wife of Samuel Johnston, a prominent American lawyer, statesman, and early U.S. senator from North Carolina.
|
E293881
|
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: Frances Cathcart | Statement: [Samuel Johnston, spouse, Frances Cathcart]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Cathcart Context triple: [Samuel Johnston, spouse, Frances Cathcart]
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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.
Florence Mackenzie
Florence Mackenzie was the wife of Scottish Olympic champion and missionary Eric Liddell, known for supporting his work in China and caring for their family during his internment and death in World War II.
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C.
Elizabeth Frances Fraser
Elizabeth Frances Fraser was the wife of British soldier and politician Leonard Darwin, son of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
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D.
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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E.
Laura Gardin Fraser
Laura Gardin Fraser was a prominent American sculptor and medalist known for her commemorative coins and public monuments in the early 20th century.
- 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: Frances Cathcart Triple: [Samuel Johnston, spouse, Frances Cathcart]
Generated description
Frances Cathcart was the wife of Samuel Johnston, a prominent American lawyer, statesman, and early U.S. senator from North Carolina.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Cathcart Target entity description: Frances Cathcart was the wife of Samuel Johnston, a prominent American lawyer, statesman, and early U.S. senator from North Carolina.
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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.
Florence Mackenzie
Florence Mackenzie was the wife of Scottish Olympic champion and missionary Eric Liddell, known for supporting his work in China and caring for their family during his internment and death in World War II.
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C.
Elizabeth Frances Fraser
Elizabeth Frances Fraser was the wife of British soldier and politician Leonard Darwin, son of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
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D.
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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E.
Laura Gardin Fraser
Laura Gardin Fraser was a prominent American sculptor and medalist known for her commemorative coins and public monuments in the early 20th century.
- 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_69a8871289048190b00b0d7744b7b2b1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3f6c4208190a41e02733faed8df |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afb65e6d588190ad1a33a92785fd91 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb8d9d6008190a65b113bd477774f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb95468c88190929c736cef8c50d5 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.