Triple

T17864759
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gavin Menzies E446664 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Marcella Menzies
Marcella Menzies is best known as the wife of British author and amateur historian Gavin Menzies, who gained fame for his controversial theories about early Chinese exploration.
E1327222 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: Marcella Menzies | Statement: [Gavin Menzies, spouse, Marcella Menzies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcella Menzies
Context triple: [Gavin Menzies, spouse, Marcella Menzies]
  • A. Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison was an American stage and film actress and singer best known for her star-making role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Kiss Me, Kate."
  • B. Barbara Weston
    Barbara Weston is the central character of the American sitcom "Empty Nest," portrayed as a quirky and often scatterbrained adult daughter living with her widowed father.
  • C. Barbara Grant
    Barbara Grant is a fictional character associated with Catriona, likely appearing in a literary or narrative work connected to that name.
  • D. Joan Winfield
    Joan Winfield is a fictional heiress character in the 1941 romantic comedy film "The Bride Came C.O.D.," portrayed by actress Bette Davis.
  • E. Annette Crosbie
    Annette Crosbie is a Scottish actress best known for her award-winning television and film roles, including her BAFTA-winning performance in "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and her long-running part in the sitcom "One Foot in the Grave."
  • 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: Marcella Menzies
Triple: [Gavin Menzies, spouse, Marcella Menzies]
Generated description
Marcella Menzies is best known as the wife of British author and amateur historian Gavin Menzies, who gained fame for his controversial theories about early Chinese exploration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcella Menzies
Target entity description: Marcella Menzies is best known as the wife of British author and amateur historian Gavin Menzies, who gained fame for his controversial theories about early Chinese exploration.
  • A. Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison was an American stage and film actress and singer best known for her star-making role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Kiss Me, Kate."
  • B. Barbara Weston
    Barbara Weston is the central character of the American sitcom "Empty Nest," portrayed as a quirky and often scatterbrained adult daughter living with her widowed father.
  • C. Barbara Grant
    Barbara Grant is a fictional character associated with Catriona, likely appearing in a literary or narrative work connected to that name.
  • D. Joan Winfield
    Joan Winfield is a fictional heiress character in the 1941 romantic comedy film "The Bride Came C.O.D.," portrayed by actress Bette Davis.
  • E. Annette Crosbie
    Annette Crosbie is a Scottish actress best known for her award-winning television and film roles, including her BAFTA-winning performance in "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and her long-running part in the sitcom "One Foot in the Grave."
  • 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_69d8b9f4c22c819093c2680434472894 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e49792ccf88190a0984963bb385688 completed April 19, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a047125683081908a18067ff3fd7956 completed May 13, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04730c241c8190800aa4c99dfa5c08 completed May 13, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0473c5c03c8190956a5d640cfd579d completed May 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.