Triple

T5096933
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Backhouse Astor Sr. E114888 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Sarah Cox Todd Astor was the wife of American businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a member of the prominent Astor family in 19th-century New York society.
E495026 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: Sarah Cox Todd Astor | Statement: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., mother, Sarah Cox Todd Astor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Context triple: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., mother, Sarah Cox Todd Astor]
  • A. Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
    Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was a prominent 19th-century New York socialite who became the leading figure of the city’s Gilded Age high society and arbiter of its elite social circle known as “The Four Hundred.”
  • B. Ava Alice Muriel Astor
    Ava Alice Muriel Astor was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent Astor family in the early 20th century.
  • C. Pauline Astor
    Pauline Astor was a member of the prominent Anglo-American Astor family, known as the daughter of wealthy businessman William Waldorf Astor and sister of British politician Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
  • D. Emily Astor
    Emily Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, part of New York's Gilded Age high society.
  • E. Cathleen Vanderbilt
    Cathleen Vanderbilt was an American socialite and heiress from the prominent Vanderbilt family in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Triple: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., mother, Sarah Cox Todd Astor]
Generated description
Sarah Cox Todd Astor was the wife of American businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a member of the prominent Astor family in 19th-century New York society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Target entity description: Sarah Cox Todd Astor was the wife of American businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a member of the prominent Astor family in 19th-century New York society.
  • A. Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
    Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was a prominent 19th-century New York socialite who became the leading figure of the city’s Gilded Age high society and arbiter of its elite social circle known as “The Four Hundred.”
  • B. Ava Alice Muriel Astor
    Ava Alice Muriel Astor was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent Astor family in the early 20th century.
  • C. Pauline Astor
    Pauline Astor was a member of the prominent Anglo-American Astor family, known as the daughter of wealthy businessman William Waldorf Astor and sister of British politician Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
  • D. Emily Astor
    Emily Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, part of New York's Gilded Age high society.
  • E. Cathleen Vanderbilt
    Cathleen Vanderbilt was an American socialite and heiress from the prominent Vanderbilt family in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75669afc81908a8db897fe56eccd completed March 20, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba80aee081908498cbe9d4f2eaa7 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebce93dc48190a43fca47cb5c0bcb completed March 21, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebe0086bc81908aa38f32952b8902 completed March 21, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.