Triple

T7466236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cowper E176378 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Ann Donne
Ann Donne was the mother of English poet and hymnodist William Cowper, remembered primarily through his affectionate and elegiac writings about her.
 E667187 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ann Donne | Statement: [William Cowper, mother, Ann Donne]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ann Donne
Context triple: [William Cowper, mother, Ann Donne]
  • A. John Donne
    John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
  • B. Constance Donne
    Constance Donne was the wife of the prominent Elizabethan actor and theatre impresario Edward Alleyn, connecting her to the early modern English theatrical world.
  • C. Philip Wyatt
    Philip Wyatt was a 19th-century British architect from the prominent Wyatt architectural family, known for his work on notable country houses and neoclassical designs.
  • D. Anne Bradstreet
    Anne Bradstreet was a 17th-century Puritan poet and one of the first published female writers in the English colonies of North America.
  • E. John Milton
    John Milton was a 17th-century English poet and intellectual best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and his influential political and religious writings.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ann Donne
Target entity description: Ann Donne was the mother of English poet and hymnodist William Cowper, remembered primarily through his affectionate and elegiac writings about her.
  • A. John Donne
    John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
  • B. Constance Donne
    Constance Donne was the wife of the prominent Elizabethan actor and theatre impresario Edward Alleyn, connecting her to the early modern English theatrical world.
  • C. Philip Wyatt
    Philip Wyatt was a 19th-century British architect from the prominent Wyatt architectural family, known for his work on notable country houses and neoclassical designs.
  • D. Anne Bradstreet
    Anne Bradstreet was a 17th-century Puritan poet and one of the first published female writers in the English colonies of North America.
  • E. John Milton
    John Milton was a 17th-century English poet and intellectual best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and his influential political and religious writings.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ann Donne
Triple: [William Cowper, mother, Ann Donne]
Generated description
Ann Donne was the mother of English poet and hymnodist William Cowper, remembered primarily through his affectionate and elegiac writings about her.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c69f223fd88190b4c69b95d7cbeeda elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f3f412908190ac910ecae682d6f6 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8346ff7d881909dc2bef5d26d0acf ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c836a80eb081908b9937944fe18661 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c835ce5bbc8190b968535c16cfc660 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:40 p.m.