Triple
T12950982
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. |
E309889
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Erma Ora James |
E309893
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Erma Ora James | Statement: [Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., spouse, Erma Ora James]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erma Ora James Context triple: [Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., spouse, Erma Ora James]
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A.
Erma Ora James
chosen
Erma Ora James was the longtime wife of U.S. Senator Robert Byrd and a private figure who supported him throughout his extensive political career.
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B.
Erma Ferguson
Erma Ferguson was the wife of renowned Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader Maynard Ferguson.
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C.
Betty Lou Bredemus
Betty Lou Bredemus was an American acting coach and theater professional best known as the mother of actress Julia Roberts.
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D.
Marilyn Grimes
Marilyn Grimes is the middle-aged African American wife and mother at the center of Terry McMillan’s novel "The Interruption of Everything," whose journey explores identity, marriage, and personal reinvention.
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E.
Sondra Spriggs
Sondra Spriggs is known as the former spouse of American actor Mykelti Williamson.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97e1dc4c88190ab27b832d6a7c556 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af7790808190826f98e8aff01523 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.