Triple
T1657739
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. C. Penney |
E35837
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bertha Alva Hess
Bertha Alva Hess was the wife of American businessman and retail magnate James Cash (J. C.) Penney.
|
E219892
|
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: Bertha Alva Hess | Statement: [J. C. Penney, spouse, Bertha Alva Hess]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bertha Alva Hess Context triple: [J. C. Penney, spouse, Bertha Alva Hess]
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A.
Margarete Weber
Margarete Weber was the wife of Albert Speer, the Nazi Germany architect and armaments minister.
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B.
Elsa Löwenthal
Elsa Löwenthal, better known as Elsa Einstein, was the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein and often managed his personal and social affairs.
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C.
Edith Hahn
Edith Hahn was the wife of German chemist and Nobel laureate Otto Hahn.
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D.
Herta Haas
Herta Haas was a Slovenian communist and partisan who became known as the second wife of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito.
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E.
Henrietta Schultz
Henrietta Schultz was the wife of Norwegian-American meteorologist Jacob Bjerknes, a pioneering figure in modern weather forecasting and climate science.
- 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: Bertha Alva Hess Triple: [J. C. Penney, spouse, Bertha Alva Hess]
Generated description
Bertha Alva Hess was the wife of American businessman and retail magnate James Cash (J. C.) Penney.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bertha Alva Hess Target entity description: Bertha Alva Hess was the wife of American businessman and retail magnate James Cash (J. C.) Penney.
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A.
Margarete Weber
Margarete Weber was the wife of Albert Speer, the Nazi Germany architect and armaments minister.
-
B.
Elsa Löwenthal
Elsa Löwenthal, better known as Elsa Einstein, was the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein and often managed his personal and social affairs.
-
C.
Edith Hahn
Edith Hahn was the wife of German chemist and Nobel laureate Otto Hahn.
-
D.
Herta Haas
Herta Haas was a Slovenian communist and partisan who became known as the second wife of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito.
-
E.
Henrietta Schultz
Henrietta Schultz was the wife of Norwegian-American meteorologist Jacob Bjerknes, a pioneering figure in modern weather forecasting and climate science.
- 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8d85f08190a50ade3f443b7703 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfb93ea5481908f21378715bab13d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc81697c8190b0dd847649f28923 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfdc8a7f481909b2ee0b4444cf4b9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.