Triple

T8118089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gary Kildall E189530 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Dorothy McEwen
Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
E713572 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: Dorothy McEwen | Statement: [Gary Kildall, spouse, Dorothy McEwen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy McEwen
Context triple: [Gary Kildall, spouse, Dorothy McEwen]
  • A. Dorothy Shaw
    Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
  • B. Frances Dee
    Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
  • C. Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson was an American film actress of the 1930s known for her roles in Hollywood dramas and adventure films.
  • D. Dolores Fuller
    Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
  • E. Virginia Duigan
    Virginia Duigan is an Australian writer and former journalist best known for her novels and short stories, often exploring psychological and social themes.
  • 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: Dorothy McEwen
Triple: [Gary Kildall, spouse, Dorothy McEwen]
Generated description
Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy McEwen
Target entity description: Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
  • A. Dorothy Shaw
    Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
  • B. Frances Dee
    Frances Dee was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her poised, refined screen presence in dramas and literary adaptations.
  • C. Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson was an American film actress of the 1930s known for her roles in Hollywood dramas and adventure films.
  • D. Dolores Fuller
    Dolores Fuller was an American actress, songwriter, and longtime muse and partner of cult filmmaker Ed Wood, known for her roles in his low-budget films and for writing songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
  • E. Virginia Duigan
    Virginia Duigan is an Australian writer and former journalist best known for her novels and short stories, often exploring psychological and social themes.
  • 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_69ca82baad008190ab2859712b9b1607 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb435737c08190a4e311d4d990b4ef completed March 31, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc944439488190b95788e3a77ee732 completed April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c0b19881908521cce5ac0fe197 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc96fa03d881909a1eeed6af9a3149 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:33 p.m.