Triple

T16754985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Guthe Jansky E407184 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Alice Zook Jansky
Alice Zook Jansky was the wife of pioneering American radio engineer and radio astronomy founder Karl Guthe Jansky.
E1233403 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: Alice Zook Jansky | Statement: [Karl Guthe Jansky, spouse, Alice Zook Jansky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Zook Jansky
Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, spouse, Alice Zook Jansky]
  • A. Nelda Jansky
    Nelda Jansky was the mother of American physicist and radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
  • B. Martha Betz Shapley
    Martha Betz Shapley was an American mathematician and astronomer known for her work on variable stars and for collaborating with her husband, prominent astronomer Harlow Shapley.
  • 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. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • E. Sheila Gestring
    Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
  • 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: Alice Zook Jansky
Triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, spouse, Alice Zook Jansky]
Generated description
Alice Zook Jansky was the wife of pioneering American radio engineer and radio astronomy founder Karl Guthe Jansky.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Zook Jansky
Target entity description: Alice Zook Jansky was the wife of pioneering American radio engineer and radio astronomy founder Karl Guthe Jansky.
  • A. Nelda Jansky
    Nelda Jansky was the mother of American physicist and radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
  • B. Martha Betz Shapley
    Martha Betz Shapley was an American mathematician and astronomer known for her work on variable stars and for collaborating with her husband, prominent astronomer Harlow Shapley.
  • 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. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • E. Sheila Gestring
    Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
  • 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_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3abe6b68c8190a5e2a11973f01b8e completed April 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00aaf588bc8190adcc512eaa8d91e8 completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ac0e10648190803bf962a4677104 completed May 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00acc3a9dc819087e07e539760bf34 completed May 10, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.