Triple
T13409239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Catherine Drinker Bowen |
E320044
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.
|
E1039867
|
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: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden | Statement: [Catherine Drinker Bowen, spouse, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Context triple: [Catherine Drinker Bowen, spouse, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden]
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A.
Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
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B.
Robert W. de Forest
Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
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C.
Edwin H. Armstrong
Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
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D.
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer best known for pioneering long-distance radio communication and developing the first practical wireless telegraph system.
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E.
William P. Fessenden
William P. Fessenden was a prominent 19th-century American statesman who served as a U.S. senator from Maine and briefly as Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War.
- 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: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Triple: [Catherine Drinker Bowen, spouse, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden]
Generated description
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Target entity description: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer best known for making some of the earliest audio radio broadcasts and key contributions to wireless telephony.
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A.
Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest was an American inventor and radio pioneer best known for creating the Audion vacuum tube, a key development in early electronics and wireless communication.
-
B.
Robert W. de Forest
Robert W. de Forest was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader known for his influential roles in social reform, public health, and the arts in the early 20th century United States.
-
C.
Edwin H. Armstrong
Edwin H. Armstrong was a pioneering American electrical engineer and inventor best known for developing frequency modulation (FM) radio and several fundamental radio technologies.
-
D.
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer best known for pioneering long-distance radio communication and developing the first practical wireless telegraph system.
-
E.
William P. Fessenden
William P. Fessenden was a prominent 19th-century American statesman who served as a U.S. senator from Maine and briefly as Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War.
- 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_69d806b943cc8190b6af624d385d7e12 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbae4d2c5481908facfaaa1501e344 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7307ccff08190aa4037aa5a48f7d0 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7313c6bcc8190a848cf8945a0ae2a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f736f2f6a081908d532dba6f34ed97 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:35 p.m.