Triple
T2273054
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varina Howell Davis |
E50703
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Emory Davis
Samuel Emory Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
|
E250867
|
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: Samuel Emory Davis | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Samuel Emory Davis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Emory Davis Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Samuel Emory Davis]
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A.
James S. Hutchinson
James S. Hutchinson was an early American mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada, including the first ascent of North Palisade.
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B.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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C.
Jacob Bigelow
Jacob Bigelow was a 19th-century American physician, botanist, and architect known for pioneering the rural cemetery movement and promoting practical science and public health.
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D.
Dr. Samuel Hopkins
Dr. Samuel Hopkins is a fictional Calvinist minister and theologian in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister's Wooing," loosely based on the historical New England preacher of the same name.
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E.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 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: Samuel Emory Davis Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Samuel Emory Davis]
Generated description
Samuel Emory Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Emory Davis Target entity description: Samuel Emory Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
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A.
James S. Hutchinson
James S. Hutchinson was an early American mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada, including the first ascent of North Palisade.
-
B.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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C.
Jacob Bigelow
Jacob Bigelow was a 19th-century American physician, botanist, and architect known for pioneering the rural cemetery movement and promoting practical science and public health.
-
D.
Dr. Samuel Hopkins
Dr. Samuel Hopkins is a fictional Calvinist minister and theologian in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel "The Minister's Wooing," loosely based on the historical New England preacher of the same name.
-
E.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 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_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_69ae71ddc66c81909525394a8b2bb4e0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ba1a988190ba59d3ce5e5c39a8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae76246f6c81909a15262d2c4ea975 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.