Triple

T9811235
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dr. Jennifer Ashton E238275 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Robert C. Ashton Jr.
Robert C. Ashton Jr. was a prominent New York–area cardiothoracic surgeon known both for his medical career and for his marriage to physician and television medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
 E840190 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: Robert C. Ashton Jr. | Statement: [Dr. Jennifer Ashton, spouse, Robert C. Ashton Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert C. Ashton Jr.
Context triple: [Dr. Jennifer Ashton, spouse, Robert C. Ashton Jr.]
  • A. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • B. Robert C. Roberts
    Robert C. Roberts is a philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work on the philosophy of emotions and Christian psychology.
  • C. Robert T. Curtis
    Robert T. Curtis is a British mathematician known for his pioneering work in group theory and the construction of the Monster group.
  • D. John M. Balch
    John M. Balch was an individual significant enough in local history that the city of Balch Springs, Texas, was named in his honor.
  • E. Arden L. Bement Jr.
    Arden L. Bement Jr. is an American engineer and public servant best known for leading major U.S. science and engineering agencies, including serving as director of the National Science Foundation.
  • 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: Robert C. Ashton Jr.
Triple: [Dr. Jennifer Ashton, spouse, Robert C. Ashton Jr.]
Generated description
Robert C. Ashton Jr. was a prominent New York–area cardiothoracic surgeon known both for his medical career and for his marriage to physician and television medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert C. Ashton Jr.
Target entity description: Robert C. Ashton Jr. was a prominent New York–area cardiothoracic surgeon known both for his medical career and for his marriage to physician and television medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
  • A. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • B. Robert C. Roberts
    Robert C. Roberts is a philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work on the philosophy of emotions and Christian psychology.
  • C. Robert T. Curtis
    Robert T. Curtis is a British mathematician known for his pioneering work in group theory and the construction of the Monster group.
  • D. John M. Balch
    John M. Balch was an individual significant enough in local history that the city of Balch Springs, Texas, was named in his honor.
  • E. Arden L. Bement Jr.
    Arden L. Bement Jr. is an American engineer and public servant best known for leading major U.S. science and engineering agencies, including serving as director of the National Science Foundation.
  • 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb2214a7c8190b516acf64e2b85db completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b5aab5408190aacdc310222bb85b completed April 5, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b741cad481909f04e2f8da68753c completed April 5, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b805afa08190a43745d764a75050 completed April 5, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.