Triple

T8012433
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sarah Towne Cloyce E186525 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Joan Towne
Joan Towne was a 17th-century New England woman known primarily as the mother of Sarah Towne Cloyce, one of the women accused during the Salem witch trials.
E848909 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: Joan Towne | Statement: [Sarah Towne Cloyce, mother, Joan Towne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Towne
Context triple: [Sarah Towne Cloyce, mother, Joan Towne]
  • A. Joan Foster
    Joan Foster is the complex, identity-shifting protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Lady Oracle," known for her secret life as a gothic romance writer and her struggle to escape her past.
  • B. Joan Tannehill
    Joan Tannehill is best known as the wife of American singer and actor Gary Crosby, the son of legendary entertainer Bing Crosby.
  • C. Joan Hackett
    Joan Hackett was an American actress known for her acclaimed work in film, television, and theater during the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying complex, intelligent female characters.
  • D. Joan Hotchkis
    Joan Hotchkis was an American actress and writer known for her work in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Joan Rice
    Joan Rice was a British film actress of the 1950s best known for her roles in adventure and comedy films produced by studios such as the Rank Organisation.
  • 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: Joan Towne
Triple: [Sarah Towne Cloyce, mother, Joan Towne]
Generated description
Joan Towne was a 17th-century New England woman known primarily as the mother of Sarah Towne Cloyce, one of the women accused during the Salem witch trials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Towne
Target entity description: Joan Towne was a 17th-century New England woman known primarily as the mother of Sarah Towne Cloyce, one of the women accused during the Salem witch trials.
  • A. Joan Foster
    Joan Foster is the complex, identity-shifting protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "Lady Oracle," known for her secret life as a gothic romance writer and her struggle to escape her past.
  • B. Joan Tannehill
    Joan Tannehill is best known as the wife of American singer and actor Gary Crosby, the son of legendary entertainer Bing Crosby.
  • C. Joan Hackett
    Joan Hackett was an American actress known for her acclaimed work in film, television, and theater during the 1960s and 1970s, often portraying complex, intelligent female characters.
  • D. Joan Hotchkis
    Joan Hotchkis was an American actress and writer known for her work in film, television, and theater during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Joan Rice
    Joan Rice was a British film actress of the 1950s best known for her roles in adventure and comedy films produced by studios such as the Rank Organisation.
  • 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_69ca82abaffc8190ab8af79cdbc31ab3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3d73bf048190ad8066a7e95c34b0 completed March 31, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d534fbc3fc8190b64611ef1de92865 completed April 7, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d53663d4c881908647591cfb658223 completed April 7, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d536c5d5c88190a9caac68f10990a9 completed April 7, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:19 p.m.