Triple

T19921909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harriet Prescott Spofford E478815 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Richard S. Spofford Jr.
Richard S. Spofford Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, best known as the husband of writer Harriet Prescott Spofford.
 E1447167 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: Richard S. Spofford Jr. | Statement: [Harriet Prescott Spofford, spouse, Richard S. Spofford Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard S. Spofford Jr.
Context triple: [Harriet Prescott Spofford, spouse, Richard S. Spofford Jr.]
  • A. Edward J. Sparling
    Edward J. Sparling was an American educator and university administrator best known as the founding president of Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he championed social justice and inclusive admissions policies.
  • B. James P. Kirkwood
    James P. Kirkwood is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirkwood.
  • C. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • D. Paul A. Suttell
    Paul A. Suttell is an American jurist who serves as the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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: Richard S. Spofford Jr.
Triple: [Harriet Prescott Spofford, spouse, Richard S. Spofford Jr.]
Generated description
Richard S. Spofford Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, best known as the husband of writer Harriet Prescott Spofford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard S. Spofford Jr.
Target entity description: Richard S. Spofford Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, best known as the husband of writer Harriet Prescott Spofford.
  • A. Edward J. Sparling
    Edward J. Sparling was an American educator and university administrator best known as the founding president of Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he championed social justice and inclusive admissions policies.
  • B. James P. Kirkwood
    James P. Kirkwood is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirkwood.
  • C. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • D. Paul A. Suttell
    Paul A. Suttell is an American jurist who serves as the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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_69d8e521855c8190b41871700afc8d6a completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e659c6919c8190a96106532580b6b6 completed April 20, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e038bca8819086f1c4bfaa0a588d completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e12d0d8c81909527575f628ec2d2 completed May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e1a7f16c8190af9a1dde4263e21d completed May 16, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m.