Triple

T964989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sterling Hayden E20817 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Catherine Devine McConnell
Catherine Devine McConnell was the first wife of American actor and author Sterling Hayden, with whom she had several children before their eventual divorce.
E224279 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: Catherine Devine McConnell | Statement: [Sterling Hayden, spouse, Catherine Devine McConnell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Devine McConnell
Context triple: [Sterling Hayden, spouse, Catherine Devine McConnell]
  • A. Mary Fowler Brennan
    Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
  • B. Catherine Ann Dunn
    Catherine Ann Dunn is known as the wife of American politician and four-time New York governor Al Smith.
  • C. Margaret Craig McNamara
    Margaret Craig McNamara was an American educator and literacy advocate best known as the founder of the nonprofit organization Reading Is Fundamental (RIF).
  • D. Catherine Macmillan
    Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
  • E. Mary Quinn Sullivan
    Mary Quinn Sullivan was an American art collector and patron who played a key role in the early promotion and institutional support of modern art in the United States.
  • 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: Catherine Devine McConnell
Triple: [Sterling Hayden, spouse, Catherine Devine McConnell]
Generated description
Catherine Devine McConnell was the first wife of American actor and author Sterling Hayden, with whom she had several children before their eventual divorce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Devine McConnell
Target entity description: Catherine Devine McConnell was the first wife of American actor and author Sterling Hayden, with whom she had several children before their eventual divorce.
  • A. Mary Fowler Brennan
    Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
  • B. Catherine Ann Dunn
    Catherine Ann Dunn is known as the wife of American politician and four-time New York governor Al Smith.
  • C. Margaret Craig McNamara
    Margaret Craig McNamara was an American educator and literacy advocate best known as the founder of the nonprofit organization Reading Is Fundamental (RIF).
  • D. Catherine Macmillan
    Catherine Macmillan was the daughter of former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the wife of Conservative politician Julian Amery, placing her at the center of mid-20th-century British political life.
  • E. Mary Quinn Sullivan
    Mary Quinn Sullivan was an American art collector and patron who played a key role in the early promotion and institutional support of modern art in the United States.
  • 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b431d61481908b53490e99670363 completed March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0a910d808190b20150e864ae9bc2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b15a1dc81908dfa980e86585673 completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0b9e7c64819093461c74b98e48ca completed March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.