Triple
T3998220
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Brokaw |
E87148
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Meredith Lynn Auld
Meredith Lynn Auld is an American author and former Miss South Dakota best known as the longtime wife of broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw.
|
E406051
|
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: Meredith Lynn Auld | Statement: [Tom Brokaw, spouse, Meredith Lynn Auld]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meredith Lynn Auld Context triple: [Tom Brokaw, spouse, Meredith Lynn Auld]
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A.
Harriet Hilliard
Harriet Hilliard was an American singer and actress best known as the wife and performing partner of Ozzie Nelson and for her long-running role on the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
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B.
Sarah Towne Cloyce
Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
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C.
Lavinia Penniman
Lavinia Penniman is a meddlesome, romantic-minded aunt in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose interference significantly shapes the story’s central relationships.
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D.
Maria Bowne Franklin
Maria Bowne Franklin was an 18th-century American woman known primarily as the wife of Samuel Osgood, the first U.S. Postmaster General under the Constitution.
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E.
Mary White
Mary White was an influential religious and educational leader who played a key role in establishing Olivet Nazarene University, a Christian liberal arts institution affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.
- 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: Meredith Lynn Auld Triple: [Tom Brokaw, spouse, Meredith Lynn Auld]
Generated description
Meredith Lynn Auld is an American author and former Miss South Dakota best known as the longtime wife of broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meredith Lynn Auld Target entity description: Meredith Lynn Auld is an American author and former Miss South Dakota best known as the longtime wife of broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw.
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A.
Harriet Hilliard
Harriet Hilliard was an American singer and actress best known as the wife and performing partner of Ozzie Nelson and for her long-running role on the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."
-
B.
Sarah Towne Cloyce
Sarah Towne Cloyce was a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, known for surviving the ordeal and later helping to restore the reputations of the condemned.
-
C.
Lavinia Penniman
Lavinia Penniman is a meddlesome, romantic-minded aunt in Henry James’s novel "Washington Square," whose interference significantly shapes the story’s central relationships.
-
D.
Maria Bowne Franklin
Maria Bowne Franklin was an 18th-century American woman known primarily as the wife of Samuel Osgood, the first U.S. Postmaster General under the Constitution.
-
E.
Mary White
Mary White was an influential religious and educational leader who played a key role in establishing Olivet Nazarene University, a Christian liberal arts institution affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.
- 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa3ef7ac8190abe02f440ff83c43 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c57f60c819080e237b4b056d73b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54dbaf3d88190962e5c0b5b4604d4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b54e16cde48190bb82f0eb04470629 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.