Triple
T2250786
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Gill Shorter |
E49610
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary E. Tarver Shorter
Mary E. Tarver Shorter was the wife of John Gill Shorter, who served as the Confederate governor of Alabama during the American Civil War.
|
E270148
|
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: Mary E. Tarver Shorter | Statement: [John Gill Shorter, spouse, Mary E. Tarver Shorter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary E. Tarver Shorter Context triple: [John Gill Shorter, spouse, Mary E. Tarver Shorter]
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A.
Susan Holbert McDaniel
Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
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B.
Mary C. McCall Jr.
Mary C. McCall Jr. was a pioneering American screenwriter and one of the first female presidents of the Screen Writers Guild, known for her work in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Elizabeth T. Rucker Byrns
Elizabeth T. Rucker Byrns was the wife of U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social and political circles in the early 20th century.
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D.
Ettie R. Garner
Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
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E.
Jane Wills Pitts
Jane Wills Pitts was the mother of Helen Pitts Douglass, the white suffragist and second wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
- 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: Mary E. Tarver Shorter Triple: [John Gill Shorter, spouse, Mary E. Tarver Shorter]
Generated description
Mary E. Tarver Shorter was the wife of John Gill Shorter, who served as the Confederate governor of Alabama during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary E. Tarver Shorter Target entity description: Mary E. Tarver Shorter was the wife of John Gill Shorter, who served as the Confederate governor of Alabama during the American Civil War.
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A.
Susan Holbert McDaniel
Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
-
B.
Mary C. McCall Jr.
Mary C. McCall Jr. was a pioneering American screenwriter and one of the first female presidents of the Screen Writers Guild, known for her work in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
-
C.
Elizabeth T. Rucker Byrns
Elizabeth T. Rucker Byrns was the wife of U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social and political circles in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Ettie R. Garner
Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
-
E.
Jane Wills Pitts
Jane Wills Pitts was the mother of Helen Pitts Douglass, the white suffragist and second wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
- 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc11b61888190af3b11b87dc8e0dc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af17695e6481908bb7e4848a5ffc09 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af1a0749148190bb23911440a8ee1e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af1a6c684481909458c26e18f0cf3a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.