Triple

T4806709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Updike E106964 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Martha Ruggles Bernhard
Martha Ruggles Bernhard is an American woman best known as the first wife of celebrated novelist John Updike, with whom she shared much of his early adult and literary life.
E477851 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: Martha Ruggles Bernhard | Statement: [John Updike, spouse, Martha Ruggles Bernhard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Ruggles Bernhard
Context triple: [John Updike, spouse, Martha Ruggles Bernhard]
  • A. Martha Hunt
    Martha Hunt is an American fashion model best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, including serving as a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
  • B. Martha Wheaton Bowers
    Martha Wheaton Bowers was the wife of prominent U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft and a member of a politically influential American family.
  • C. Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
    Maria Bissell Hotchkiss was an American philanthropist best known for endowing and establishing the prestigious Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.
  • D. Edith Cushing
    Edith Cushing is the aspiring young American author and protagonist of Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic romance film "Crimson Peak," whose curiosity and independence draw her into a haunted English manor filled with dark family secrets.
  • E. Amabel James
    Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
  • 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: Martha Ruggles Bernhard
Triple: [John Updike, spouse, Martha Ruggles Bernhard]
Generated description
Martha Ruggles Bernhard is an American woman best known as the first wife of celebrated novelist John Updike, with whom she shared much of his early adult and literary life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Ruggles Bernhard
Target entity description: Martha Ruggles Bernhard is an American woman best known as the first wife of celebrated novelist John Updike, with whom she shared much of his early adult and literary life.
  • A. Martha Hunt
    Martha Hunt is an American fashion model best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, including serving as a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
  • B. Martha Wheaton Bowers
    Martha Wheaton Bowers was the wife of prominent U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft and a member of a politically influential American family.
  • C. Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
    Maria Bissell Hotchkiss was an American philanthropist best known for endowing and establishing the prestigious Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.
  • D. Edith Cushing
    Edith Cushing is the aspiring young American author and protagonist of Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic romance film "Crimson Peak," whose curiosity and independence draw her into a haunted English manor filled with dark family secrets.
  • E. Amabel James
    Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
  • 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c69099c8190956b6df42bb922c8 completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6fa2f3e0819084ca792c1b08e3b9 completed March 21, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be70048b8c819089da3cb2fa086c5b completed March 21, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be707707dc81908ef4a2efa23411b1 completed March 21, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.