Triple

T3339527
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Inazo Nitobe E70223 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Patterson Elkinton
Mary Patterson Elkinton was an American Quaker who became the second wife and close collaborator of Japanese educator and diplomat Inazo Nitobe, actively supporting his international and peace-oriented work.
E526549 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: Mary Patterson Elkinton | Statement: [Inazo Nitobe, spouse, Mary Patterson Elkinton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Patterson Elkinton
Context triple: [Inazo Nitobe, spouse, Mary Patterson Elkinton]
  • A. Ann Eilbeck Mason
    Ann Eilbeck Mason was the wife of American Founding Father George Mason and the matriarch of a prominent Virginia planter family in the 18th century.
  • B. Mary Louise Smith
    Mary Louise Smith was a young African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped lead to the landmark desegregation case Browder v. Gayle.
  • C. Elizabeth Griscom
    Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
  • D. Mary Elizabeth Horner
    Mary Elizabeth Horner, later known as Mary Horner Lyell, was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell.
  • E. Mary Morris
    Mary "May" Morris was a British artisan, designer, and influential figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, known especially for her innovative embroidery and textile work.
  • 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: Mary Patterson Elkinton
Triple: [Inazo Nitobe, spouse, Mary Patterson Elkinton]
Generated description
Mary Patterson Elkinton was an American Quaker who became the second wife and close collaborator of Japanese educator and diplomat Inazo Nitobe, actively supporting his international and peace-oriented work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Patterson Elkinton
Target entity description: Mary Patterson Elkinton was an American Quaker who became the second wife and close collaborator of Japanese educator and diplomat Inazo Nitobe, actively supporting his international and peace-oriented work.
  • A. Ann Eilbeck Mason
    Ann Eilbeck Mason was the wife of American Founding Father George Mason and the matriarch of a prominent Virginia planter family in the 18th century.
  • B. Mary Louise Smith
    Mary Louise Smith was a young African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped lead to the landmark desegregation case Browder v. Gayle.
  • C. Elizabeth Griscom
    Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
  • D. Mary Elizabeth Horner
    Mary Elizabeth Horner, later known as Mary Horner Lyell, was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell.
  • E. Mary Morris
    Mary "May" Morris was a British artisan, designer, and influential figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, known especially for her innovative embroidery and textile work.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1bf1f648190993ac8e9dda60983 completed March 8, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfc1fe1188819097c3d382323571be completed March 22, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfc2856a048190b7c32e641495fe6c completed March 22, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfc2de851c8190a9e03844a65a71b2 completed March 22, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.