Triple

T2273055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Varina Howell Davis E50703 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Margaret Howell Davis
Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
E445079 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 Howell Davis | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Margaret Howell Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Howell Davis
Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Margaret Howell Davis]
  • A. Marjorie Nelson
    Marjorie Nelson was an American actress known for her work on stage and screen and for being married to fellow actor Howard Da Silva.
  • B. Mary Frances Reynolds
    Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
  • C. Margaret Bremond Rice
    Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
  • D. Muriel Buck Humphrey
    Muriel Buck Humphrey was an American political figure who briefly served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and was the widow of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
  • E. Mildred Davis
    Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
  • 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 Howell Davis
Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Margaret Howell Davis]
Generated description
Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Howell Davis
Target entity description: Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
  • A. Marjorie Nelson
    Marjorie Nelson was an American actress known for her work on stage and screen and for being married to fellow actor Howard Da Silva.
  • B. Mary Frances Reynolds
    Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
  • C. Margaret Bremond Rice
    Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
  • D. Muriel Buck Humphrey
    Muriel Buck Humphrey was an American political figure who briefly served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and was the widow of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
  • E. Mildred Davis
    Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
  • 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_69b6720949bc8190923e135c80185504 completed March 15, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b67291bcdc819098131e1ba98eaf6d completed March 15, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6730133c081908a5243236dfc3094 completed March 15, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.