Triple
T4657958
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Patricia Hitchcock |
E102454
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph E. O’Connell Jr.
Joseph E. O’Connell Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of actress Patricia Hitchcock, daughter of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
|
E457410
|
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 E. O’Connell Jr. | Statement: [Patricia Hitchcock, spouse, Joseph E. O’Connell Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph E. O’Connell Jr. Context triple: [Patricia Hitchcock, spouse, Joseph E. O’Connell Jr.]
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A.
James W. McCord Jr.
James W. McCord Jr. was a former CIA officer and security coordinator whose role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent revelations helped expose the broader Nixon administration scandal.
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B.
John A. Byrne
John A. Byrne is an American business journalist and author best known for his work covering corporate leadership and management, including co-authoring high-profile business books.
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C.
Joseph A. McDonough
Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
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D.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
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E.
George W. Casey Jr.
George W. Casey Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq during the mid-2000s and later as the Army Chief of Staff.
- 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 E. O’Connell Jr. Triple: [Patricia Hitchcock, spouse, Joseph E. O’Connell Jr.]
Generated description
Joseph E. O’Connell Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of actress Patricia Hitchcock, daughter of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph E. O’Connell Jr. Target entity description: Joseph E. O’Connell Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of actress Patricia Hitchcock, daughter of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
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A.
James W. McCord Jr.
James W. McCord Jr. was a former CIA officer and security coordinator whose role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent revelations helped expose the broader Nixon administration scandal.
-
B.
John A. Byrne
John A. Byrne is an American business journalist and author best known for his work covering corporate leadership and management, including co-authoring high-profile business books.
-
C.
Joseph A. McDonough
Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
-
D.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
-
E.
George W. Casey Jr.
George W. Casey Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq during the mid-2000s and later as the Army Chief of Staff.
- 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_69bd43d823288190952279faa0d1d066 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd631a855c81909773737fd238a14d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfaf5a0988190b097ef71301aebbe |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:57 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, 1:15 p.m.