Triple

T7684877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodosia Burr Alston E174089 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joseph Alston
Joseph Alston was an American politician and planter who served as governor of South Carolina in the early 19th century.
E686074 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 Alston | Statement: [Theodosia Burr Alston, spouse, Joseph Alston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Alston
Context triple: [Theodosia Burr Alston, spouse, Joseph Alston]
  • A. William Dandridge
    William Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily as a relative of Martha Washington through his mother, Frances Jones Dandridge.
  • B. Samuel M. Ralston
    Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
  • C. Isham Randolph
    Isham Randolph was an 18th-century Virginia planter and sea captain, best known as the grandfather of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
  • D. Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century films and early television, often portraying gruff authority figures or comic foils.
  • E. Johnson Hagood
    Johnson Hagood was a prominent South Carolina military and political figure, best known as a Confederate general and later governor of South Carolina.
  • 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 Alston
Triple: [Theodosia Burr Alston, spouse, Joseph Alston]
Generated description
Joseph Alston was an American politician and planter who served as governor of South Carolina in the early 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Alston
Target entity description: Joseph Alston was an American politician and planter who served as governor of South Carolina in the early 19th century.
  • A. William Dandridge
    William Dandridge was a member of the prominent colonial Virginia Dandridge family, known primarily as a relative of Martha Washington through his mother, Frances Jones Dandridge.
  • B. Samuel M. Ralston
    Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
  • C. Isham Randolph
    Isham Randolph was an 18th-century Virginia planter and sea captain, best known as the grandfather of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
  • D. Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell was an American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century films and early television, often portraying gruff authority figures or comic foils.
  • E. Johnson Hagood
    Johnson Hagood was a prominent South Carolina military and political figure, best known as a Confederate general and later governor of South Carolina.
  • 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_69c6995840408190a19de6c51090f46f completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c7021ed6008190a1522b46110e677e completed March 27, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8be22dd6481908bb4c1afaf65bcb4 completed March 29, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8bf9e93bc8190a4764967c06de4af completed March 29, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8c01bf3f08190a0071eff2c412e6e completed March 29, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:02 p.m.