Triple
T5359244
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Dillinger |
E102777
|
entity |
| Predicate | parent |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Ellen Lancaster
Mary Ellen Lancaster was the mother of the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger.
|
E570204
|
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: Mary Ellen Lancaster | Statement: [John Dillinger, parent, Mary Ellen Lancaster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Ellen Lancaster Context triple: [John Dillinger, parent, Mary Ellen Lancaster]
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A.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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B.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
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C.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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D.
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, better known as Mary Surratt, was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Ann Bertles
Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
- 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: Mary Ellen Lancaster Triple: [John Dillinger, parent, Mary Ellen Lancaster]
Generated description
Mary Ellen Lancaster was the mother of the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Ellen Lancaster Target entity description: Mary Ellen Lancaster was the mother of the infamous American bank robber John Dillinger.
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A.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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B.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
-
C.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
-
D.
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, better known as Mary Surratt, was an American boardinghouse owner who became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Mary Ann Bertles
Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
- 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86330e4c8190b5452226886287b3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1351fb4a88190bb12f3a5f8cd92ac |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1369fb3648190874e7bbe4a6fd737 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c136fad48881908b449b8b411c3fc8 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.