Triple
T8864323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Earl Nelson |
E210974
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Betty Nelson
Betty Nelson is known as the wife of American soul singer Benjamin Earl "Ben E." King.
|
E378361
|
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: Betty Nelson | Statement: [Benjamin Earl Nelson, spouse, Betty Nelson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Nelson Context triple: [Benjamin Earl Nelson, spouse, Betty Nelson]
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A.
Betty Nelson
Betty Nelson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the soul classic "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)."
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B.
Oveta Culp Hobby
Oveta Culp Hobby was an American newspaper executive, the first director of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, and the first U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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C.
Betty Shannon
Betty Shannon was an American mathematician and computer programmer known for her work at Bell Labs and as the wife and intellectual partner of information theory pioneer Claude Shannon.
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D.
Virginia Huston
Virginia Huston was an American film actress best known for her roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood films, particularly in classic film noir.
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E.
Patti Woodard
Patti Woodard is the birth name of American character actress Jane Darwell, who won an Academy Award for her role as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath."
- 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: Betty Nelson Triple: [Benjamin Earl Nelson, spouse, Betty Nelson]
Generated description
Betty Nelson is known as the wife of American soul singer Benjamin Earl "Ben E." King.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Nelson Target entity description: Betty Nelson is known as the wife of American soul singer Benjamin Earl "Ben E." King.
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A.
Betty Nelson
chosen
Betty Nelson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the soul classic "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)."
-
B.
Oveta Culp Hobby
Oveta Culp Hobby was an American newspaper executive, the first director of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, and the first U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
-
C.
Betty Shannon
Betty Shannon was an American mathematician and computer programmer known for her work at Bell Labs and as the wife and intellectual partner of information theory pioneer Claude Shannon.
-
D.
Virginia Huston
Virginia Huston was an American film actress best known for her roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood films, particularly in classic film noir.
-
E.
Patti Woodard
Patti Woodard is the birth name of American character actress Jane Darwell, who won an Academy Award for her role as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath."
- F. None of above.
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_69ca838d3c7c8190a849566d5afd2b11 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc610569d08190b108107dfe397f18 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfa0caccd88190b6464f53d0239e47 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfa1abe8248190b6db4713292bdfd3 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfa24efdc081908ef615305deb5b15 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:51 p.m.