Triple

T4628152
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Don Knotts E101148 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Frances Yarborough
Frances Yarborough was the third wife of American actor and comedian Don Knotts, known primarily for her marriage to the beloved television star.
 E457162 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: Frances Yarborough | Statement: [Don Knotts, spouse, Frances Yarborough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frances Yarborough
Context triple: [Don Knotts, spouse, Frances Yarborough]
  • A. Patti Woodard
    Patti Woodard is the birth name of American character actress Jane Darwell, who won an Academy Award for her role as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath."
  • B. Ruth Cunningham
    Ruth Cunningham was the wife of American colonial lawyer and patriot James Otis Jr., a prominent figure in the early resistance to British rule.
  • C. Marion Nelson
    Marion Nelson is a screenwriter known for writing the screenplay for the film "Tracks."
  • D. Betty Talmadge
    Betty Talmadge was an American political spouse, cookbook author, and influential figure in Georgia’s social and political circles during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Dixie Lee
    Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
  • 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: Frances Yarborough
Triple: [Don Knotts, spouse, Frances Yarborough]
Generated description
Frances Yarborough was the third wife of American actor and comedian Don Knotts, known primarily for her marriage to the beloved television star.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frances Yarborough
Target entity description: Frances Yarborough was the third wife of American actor and comedian Don Knotts, known primarily for her marriage to the beloved television star.
  • A. Patti Woodard
    Patti Woodard is the birth name of American character actress Jane Darwell, who won an Academy Award for her role as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath."
  • B. Ruth Cunningham
    Ruth Cunningham was the wife of American colonial lawyer and patriot James Otis Jr., a prominent figure in the early resistance to British rule.
  • C. Marion Nelson
    Marion Nelson is a screenwriter known for writing the screenplay for the film "Tracks."
  • D. Betty Talmadge
    Betty Talmadge was an American political spouse, cookbook author, and influential figure in Georgia’s social and political circles during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Dixie Lee
    Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
  • 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_69bd43d0497c8190ac23c65c5804846a completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a2e9780819081add547c760abc9 completed March 20, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfab4f4808190920e420f566dec9b completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfc0964c881909e6b98a1c8ea747f completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfce1be788190ae3418df301e5136 completed March 21, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.