Triple

T1068646
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Howland E23272 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Ruth Howland
Ruth Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to one of the early colonial families of Plymouth Colony.
 E229835 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: Ruth Howland | Statement: [John Howland, child, Ruth Howland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ruth Howland
Context triple: [John Howland, child, Ruth Howland]
  • A. Catharine Clinton Howland
    Catharine Clinton Howland was the wife of prominent American architect Richard Morris Hunt and a member of the influential Howland family of New York.
  • B. Mildred McLean Hazen
    Mildred McLean Hazen was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess best known as the wife of Admiral George Dewey.
  • C. Esther Stoddard Edwards
    Esther Stoddard Edwards was the daughter of prominent American theologian Jonathan Edwards and a member of the influential Edwards-Stoddard New England clerical family.
  • D. Annie M. Boughton
    Annie M. Boughton was the wife of American politician and first U.S. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield.
  • E. Hope Howland
    Hope Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to one of the early colonial families of Plymouth Colony.
  • 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: Ruth Howland
Triple: [John Howland, child, Ruth Howland]
Generated description
Ruth Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to one of the early colonial families of Plymouth Colony.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ruth Howland
Target entity description: Ruth Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to one of the early colonial families of Plymouth Colony.
  • A. Catharine Clinton Howland
    Catharine Clinton Howland was the wife of prominent American architect Richard Morris Hunt and a member of the influential Howland family of New York.
  • B. Mildred McLean Hazen
    Mildred McLean Hazen was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess best known as the wife of Admiral George Dewey.
  • C. Esther Stoddard Edwards
    Esther Stoddard Edwards was the daughter of prominent American theologian Jonathan Edwards and a member of the influential Edwards-Stoddard New England clerical family.
  • D. Annie M. Boughton
    Annie M. Boughton was the wife of American politician and first U.S. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield.
  • E. Hope Howland
    Hope Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, belonging to one of the early colonial families of Plymouth Colony.
  • 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b91389888190b4b96d7ee4dda206 completed March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1f9fcac481909cb3f6c6dc681e60 completed March 9, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20a6ce14819098007416d6377f2e completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2130ba448190b91f590a348ebf88 completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.