Triple
T1556997
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Hard Townes |
E33227
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
|
E255719
|
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: Frances H. Townes | Statement: [Charles Hard Townes, spouse, Frances H. Townes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances H. Townes Context triple: [Charles Hard Townes, spouse, Frances H. Townes]
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A.
Margaret C. Etter
Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
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B.
Lillian C. McDermott
Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
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C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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D.
Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards was an American author of children’s literature and biographies, known for works such as her Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe.
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E.
Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
- 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: Frances H. Townes Triple: [Charles Hard Townes, spouse, Frances H. Townes]
Generated description
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances H. Townes Target entity description: Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
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A.
Margaret C. Etter
Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
-
B.
Lillian C. McDermott
Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
-
C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
-
D.
Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards was an American author of children’s literature and biographies, known for works such as her Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe.
-
E.
Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
- 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_69a885ef9cf48190b0af0f5ce3d02231 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908704d208190937af41c6454df4e |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae891d41d88190aec6987c64c99757 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae8b0b27cc819099a5df60d678d3e2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8b79633881908acf94f8db389c0f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.