Triple
T844319
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Todd Lincoln |
E18243
|
entity |
| Predicate | stepmother |
P14091
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elizabeth Humphreys Todd
Elizabeth Humphreys Todd was the stepmother of Mary Todd Lincoln, the future First Lady of the United States.
|
E241737
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Elizabeth Humphreys Todd | Statement: [Mary Todd Lincoln, stepmother, Elizabeth Humphreys Todd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Humphreys Todd Context triple: [Mary Todd Lincoln, stepmother, Elizabeth Humphreys Todd]
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A.
Flora Hewlett
Flora Hewlett was a philanthropist whose legacy is honored through the naming of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major charitable organization.
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B.
Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea was the second wife of Texas statesman Sam Houston and a prominent 19th-century Southern woman known for her influence on his personal life and religious convictions.
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C.
Ellen Louisa Tucker
Ellen Louisa Tucker was the first wife of American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose early death deeply influenced his life and work.
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D.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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E.
Margaret Bremond Rice
Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
- 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: Elizabeth Humphreys Todd Triple: [Mary Todd Lincoln, stepmother, Elizabeth Humphreys Todd]
Generated description
Elizabeth Humphreys Todd was the stepmother of Mary Todd Lincoln, the future First Lady of the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Humphreys Todd Target entity description: Elizabeth Humphreys Todd was the stepmother of Mary Todd Lincoln, the future First Lady of the United States.
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A.
Flora Hewlett
Flora Hewlett was a philanthropist whose legacy is honored through the naming of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major charitable organization.
-
B.
Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea was the second wife of Texas statesman Sam Houston and a prominent 19th-century Southern woman known for her influence on his personal life and religious convictions.
-
C.
Ellen Louisa Tucker
Ellen Louisa Tucker was the first wife of American transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose early death deeply influenced his life and work.
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D.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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E.
Margaret Bremond Rice
Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: stepmother Context triple: [Mary Todd Lincoln, stepmother, Elizabeth Humphreys Todd]
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A.
motherInLaw
Indicates a relationship where one person is the mother of another person's spouse.
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B.
stepfatherOf
Indicates that one person is the male spouse or partner of a child's parent, but is not the child's biological or adoptive father.
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C.
stepMotherOf
chosen
Indicates that one person is the female spouse or partner of a parent of another person, but is not that person's biological or adoptive mother.
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D.
alternativeMother
Indicates that one entity serves as an alternative or substitute mother to another entity.
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E.
motherFrom
Indicates that one entity is the mother (biological or adoptive) of another entity, specifying a maternal parent-child relationship from the mother to the child.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac09249c8190a8099b94a3c9e2cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d73c10c8190a059c3ae6b3a6279 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e027ea48190a052556d43c39f73 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5ea4edcc81908829e4bd64ce0aea |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4aa7f396c8190aa8b8dfbe0b4f732 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.