Triple

T1974738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Johnston E42882 entity
Predicate spouse P13 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. Elizabeth Frances Fraser
    Elizabeth Frances Fraser was the wife of British soldier and politician Leonard Darwin, son of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. Elizabeth Frances Fraser
    Elizabeth Frances Fraser was the wife of British soldier and politician Leonard Darwin, son of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • 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.
  • 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.