Triple

T2021318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clifford Irving E44110 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Maureen Earl
Maureen Earl is best known as the wife of American novelist Clifford Irving, who gained notoriety for his fraudulent "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.
E444052 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: Maureen Earl | Statement: [Clifford Irving, spouse, Maureen Earl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maureen Earl
Context triple: [Clifford Irving, spouse, Maureen Earl]
  • A. Maureen Swanson
    Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
  • B. Maureen Dean
    Maureen Dean is an American writer and former political figure best known for her public presence during the Watergate scandal as the wife of White House Counsel John Dean.
  • C. Joanne Horton
    Joanne Horton was the wife of H. R. Haldeman, a prominent aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon during the Watergate era.
  • D. Maryanne Vollers
    Maryanne Vollers is an American author, journalist, and ghostwriter known for collaborating on high-profile political and human rights memoirs.
  • E. Barbara McDougall
    Barbara McDougall is a Canadian politician and former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles in the late 20th century.
  • 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: Maureen Earl
Triple: [Clifford Irving, spouse, Maureen Earl]
Generated description
Maureen Earl is best known as the wife of American novelist Clifford Irving, who gained notoriety for his fraudulent "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maureen Earl
Target entity description: Maureen Earl is best known as the wife of American novelist Clifford Irving, who gained notoriety for his fraudulent "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.
  • A. Maureen Swanson
    Maureen Swanson was a British actress active in the 1950s, known for her roles in comedy and drama films before later becoming the Countess of Dudley.
  • B. Maureen Dean
    Maureen Dean is an American writer and former political figure best known for her public presence during the Watergate scandal as the wife of White House Counsel John Dean.
  • C. Joanne Horton
    Joanne Horton was the wife of H. R. Haldeman, a prominent aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon during the Watergate era.
  • D. Maryanne Vollers
    Maryanne Vollers is an American author, journalist, and ghostwriter known for collaborating on high-profile political and human rights memoirs.
  • E. Barbara McDougall
    Barbara McDougall is a Canadian politician and former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles in the late 20th century.
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8ee02dc81908fec9fd8df7a4f40 completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b65047902881908a1d5f2d32fcb23e completed March 15, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 completed March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 completed March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.