Triple

T1840932
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William S. Benson E41174 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Blackford Benson
Mary Blackford Benson was an American writer and translator known for her work on ancient Egyptian literature and for being part of a prominent naval family through her marriage to Admiral William S. Benson.
 E300233 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: Mary Blackford Benson | Statement: [William S. Benson, spouse, Mary Blackford Benson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mary Blackford Benson
Context triple: [William S. Benson, spouse, Mary Blackford Benson]
  • A. Helen Eliza Benson Garrison
    Helen Eliza Benson Garrison was a 19th-century American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, best known as the wife and close collaborator of reformer William Lloyd Garrison.
  • B. Ruth Beatrice Baker
    Ruth Beatrice Baker is a British-born educator best known as the third wife of Barack Obama Sr. and stepmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • C. Margaret Ann Dixon
    Margaret Ann Dixon is best known as the wife of acclaimed Canadian film director and producer Norman Jewison.
  • D. Mary Ann Bertles
    Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
  • E. Mary McBride Smith
    Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
  • 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: Mary Blackford Benson
Triple: [William S. Benson, spouse, Mary Blackford Benson]
Generated description
Mary Blackford Benson was an American writer and translator known for her work on ancient Egyptian literature and for being part of a prominent naval family through her marriage to Admiral William S. Benson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mary Blackford Benson
Target entity description: Mary Blackford Benson was an American writer and translator known for her work on ancient Egyptian literature and for being part of a prominent naval family through her marriage to Admiral William S. Benson.
  • A. Helen Eliza Benson Garrison
    Helen Eliza Benson Garrison was a 19th-century American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, best known as the wife and close collaborator of reformer William Lloyd Garrison.
  • B. Ruth Beatrice Baker
    Ruth Beatrice Baker is a British-born educator best known as the third wife of Barack Obama Sr. and stepmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • C. Margaret Ann Dixon
    Margaret Ann Dixon is best known as the wife of acclaimed Canadian film director and producer Norman Jewison.
  • D. Mary Ann Bertles
    Mary Ann Bertles was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
  • E. Mary McBride Smith
    Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb03c5e8081909578eaba8d82c264 completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6200bd08190bd1d9fd3046fca00 completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc9e306e8819094f24c22a9208fcb completed March 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afca4638f8819093b6f5f49a950f52 completed March 10, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.