Triple
T1058624
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William O. Douglas |
E22853
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mercedes Hester Davidson
Mercedes Hester Davidson was the first wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, to whom he was married before his rise to national prominence.
|
E154635
|
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: Mercedes Hester Davidson | Statement: [William O. Douglas, spouse, Mercedes Hester Davidson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercedes Hester Davidson Context triple: [William O. Douglas, spouse, Mercedes Hester Davidson]
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A.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
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B.
Katherine Mary Dewar
Katherine Mary Dewar was the wife of pioneering Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and a supportive partner in his personal and scientific life.
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C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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D.
Mary Williams
Mary Williams was the wife of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
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E.
Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
- 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: Mercedes Hester Davidson Triple: [William O. Douglas, spouse, Mercedes Hester Davidson]
Generated description
Mercedes Hester Davidson was the first wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, to whom he was married before his rise to national prominence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercedes Hester Davidson Target entity description: Mercedes Hester Davidson was the first wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, to whom he was married before his rise to national prominence.
-
A.
Katherine Hudson
Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
-
B.
Katherine Mary Dewar
Katherine Mary Dewar was the wife of pioneering Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and a supportive partner in his personal and scientific life.
-
C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
-
D.
Mary Williams
Mary Williams was the wife of American planter and statesman Henry Middleton, a prominent figure in colonial South Carolina.
-
E.
Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine Oppenheimer was an American biologist and former Communist Party member best known as the politically controversial wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer during the Manhattan Project era.
- 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b8dc9e8c819099fbb192bcf80615 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc60b052c8190bacb19f0fdc8059a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc6c204a88190a3171898e6e1bb91 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc7d8df108190bf92ca5e33987d04 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.