Triple

T389878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lucille Ball E8857 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Gary Morton
Gary Morton was an American comedian and television producer best known as the second husband of Lucille Ball and for his behind-the-scenes work on her later TV projects.
 E164903 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: Gary Morton | Statement: [Lucille Ball, spouse, Gary Morton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Morton
Context triple: [Lucille Ball, spouse, Gary Morton]
  • A. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • B. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • C. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • D. Kenneth Murray
    Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
  • E. Gordon Malloy
    Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
  • 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: Gary Morton
Triple: [Lucille Ball, spouse, Gary Morton]
Generated description
Gary Morton was an American comedian and television producer best known as the second husband of Lucille Ball and for his behind-the-scenes work on her later TV projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Morton
Target entity description: Gary Morton was an American comedian and television producer best known as the second husband of Lucille Ball and for his behind-the-scenes work on her later TV projects.
  • A. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • B. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • C. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • D. Kenneth Murray
    Kenneth Murray is a biochemist and biotechnology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the biopharmaceutical company Biogen.
  • E. Gordon Malloy
    Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5bdc848190826701590070497b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad089201a08190a84c7d8f32238297 completed March 8, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad09206e988190ad76f8beaa8f9fe6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0a30bcdc81908090d6a094ece0f4 completed March 8, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.