Triple
T2273051
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varina Howell Davis |
E50703
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Burr Howell
William Burr Howell was an American banker and the father of Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
|
E270168
|
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: William Burr Howell | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, father, William Burr Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Burr Howell Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, father, William Burr Howell]
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A.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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B.
Horace White
Horace White was an American journalist and editor known for his influential work at the Chicago Tribune and the New York Evening Post in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
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D.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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E.
William Caswell
William Caswell was the son of Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor and a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary era.
- 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: William Burr Howell Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, father, William Burr Howell]
Generated description
William Burr Howell was an American banker and the father of Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Burr Howell Target entity description: William Burr Howell was an American banker and the father of Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
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A.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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B.
Horace White
Horace White was an American journalist and editor known for his influential work at the Chicago Tribune and the New York Evening Post in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
C.
Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
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D.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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E.
William Caswell
William Caswell was the son of Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor and a prominent figure in the American Revolutionary era.
- 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_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, 7:48 p.m.