Triple

T2273050
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Varina Howell Davis E50703 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell
Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell was the mother of Varina Howell Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America and wife of Jefferson Davis.
E260988 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: Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, mother, Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell
Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, mother, Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell]
  • A. Margaret Gibson
    Margaret Gibson was the wife of American actor Noah Beery, associated with the early Hollywood film era.
  • B. Rosa Louise Wilbraham
    Rosa Louise Wilbraham was the wife of Australian physicist and politician Sir Mark Oliphant, supporting him through his scientific and public life.
  • C. Mary Spencer Hull
    Mary Spencer Hull was the wife of Sir William Phips, the first royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the late 17th century.
  • D. Amabel James
    Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
  • E. Emily Willans
    Emily Willans was the mother of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the Victorian-era English middle class.
  • 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: Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell
Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, mother, Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell]
Generated description
Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell was the mother of Varina Howell Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America and wife of Jefferson Davis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell
Target entity description: Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell was the mother of Varina Howell Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America and wife of Jefferson Davis.
  • A. Margaret Gibson
    Margaret Gibson was the wife of American actor Noah Beery, associated with the early Hollywood film era.
  • B. Rosa Louise Wilbraham
    Rosa Louise Wilbraham was the wife of Australian physicist and politician Sir Mark Oliphant, supporting him through his scientific and public life.
  • C. Mary Spencer Hull
    Mary Spencer Hull was the wife of Sir William Phips, the first royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the late 17th century.
  • D. Amabel James
    Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
  • E. Emily Willans
    Emily Willans was the mother of British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and a member of the Victorian-era English middle class.
  • 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc1e872448190a1d6c6071b2a294b completed March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aea86ab4cc8190ba2203c09f72aaa6 completed March 9, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeaa6cb58081909a0897d4cb328063 completed March 9, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeabb6d43481908899080f6ca58101 completed March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.