Triple
T20752180
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert E. Howard |
E510748
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hester Jane Ervin Howard |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Hester Jane Ervin Howard | Statement: [Robert E. Howard, mother, Hester Jane Ervin Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hester Jane Ervin Howard Context triple: [Robert E. Howard, mother, Hester Jane Ervin Howard]
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A.
Hester Cornelia Reinet
Hester Cornelia Reinet was the namesake of the South African town of Graaff-Reinet, reflecting her significance within the colonial-era community associated with its founders.
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B.
Hester Mahieu
Hester Mahieu was a member of the Leiden Separatist community and the wife of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke, making her part of the early 17th-century English Pilgrim circle associated with the founding of Plymouth Colony.
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C.
Hester Sigerson
Hester Sigerson was the mother of Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter and a member of the culturally active Sigerson family associated with Ireland’s literary and nationalist circles.
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D.
Hester Pitt
Hester Pitt was a daughter of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to a prominent 18th-century political family.
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E.
Hester Davenport
Hester Davenport was a 17th-century English stage actress associated with the Duke’s Company during the Restoration period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hester Jane Ervin Howard Target entity description: Hester Jane Ervin Howard was the mother of American pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard, best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
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A.
Hester Cornelia Reinet
Hester Cornelia Reinet was the namesake of the South African town of Graaff-Reinet, reflecting her significance within the colonial-era community associated with its founders.
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B.
Hester Mahieu
Hester Mahieu was a member of the Leiden Separatist community and the wife of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke, making her part of the early 17th-century English Pilgrim circle associated with the founding of Plymouth Colony.
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C.
Hester Sigerson
Hester Sigerson was the mother of Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter and a member of the culturally active Sigerson family associated with Ireland’s literary and nationalist circles.
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D.
Hester Pitt
Hester Pitt was a daughter of British statesman William Pitt the Elder, belonging to a prominent 18th-century political family.
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E.
Hester Davenport
Hester Davenport was a 17th-century English stage actress associated with the Duke’s Company during the Restoration period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4c909ec8190b05987f1639513f6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c22be6588190b137193cb3184fc0 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:34 p.m.