Triple
T19784061
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Updike |
E475211
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mary E. Pennington |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 E. Pennington | Statement: [John Updike, spouse, Mary E. Pennington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary E. Pennington Context triple: [John Updike, spouse, Mary E. Pennington]
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A.
Mary E. Pennington
chosen
Mary E. Pennington was the first wife of American novelist John Updike, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had four children before their divorce in the 1970s.
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B.
Mary T. Hill
Mary T. Hill was the wife of railroad magnate James J. Hill and a prominent St. Paul philanthropist and social figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Mary C. Parker
Mary C. Parker was the wife of American character actor Robert Shayne, known for his roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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D.
Mary E. Blanchard
Mary E. Blanchard was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood Westerns and adventure movies.
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E.
Mary Frances Reynolds
Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8e51b014081908b263e167370529a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65385ee8081908d58cc3ff05b9b23 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.