Triple

T2273057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Varina Howell Davis E50703 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Joseph Evan Davis
Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
 E276147 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: Joseph Evan Davis | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Joseph Evan Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Evan Davis
Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Joseph Evan Davis]
  • A. James J. Davis
    James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
  • B. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • C. George P. Davis
    George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
  • D. George W. Davis
    George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
  • E. Nathaniel P. Davis
    Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
  • 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: Joseph Evan Davis
Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, child, Joseph Evan Davis]
Generated description
Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Evan Davis
Target entity description: Joseph Evan Davis was the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, remembered primarily as a member of the Davis family who died in childhood during the American Civil War era.
  • A. James J. Davis
    James J. Davis was a Welsh-born American labor leader and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor in the early 20th century before becoming a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
  • B. David Davis
    David Davis is a British Conservative politician and former Brexit Secretary who played a leading role in the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
  • C. George P. Davis
    George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
  • D. George W. Davis
    George W. Davis was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
  • E. Nathaniel P. Davis
    Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
  • 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_69af5cc87e3c8190832d6812a4282ed7 completed March 9, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5d362614819095ea9d74851d0b72 completed March 9, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5d9f5f608190b6e4c216a0c08bfd completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.