Triple

T211684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Russell Kirk E4732 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Annette Courtemanche Kirk
Annette Courtemanche Kirk is the widow of conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and a longtime steward and promoter of his intellectual and cultural legacy.
 E126997 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: Annette Courtemanche Kirk | Statement: [Russell Kirk, spouse, Annette Courtemanche Kirk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Annette Courtemanche Kirk
Context triple: [Russell Kirk, spouse, Annette Courtemanche Kirk]
  • A. Margo Anderson
    Margo Anderson is best known as a former wife of American country music star Kenny Rogers.
  • B. Jean Acker
    Jean Acker was an American silent film actress best known as the first wife of movie icon Rudolph Valentino.
  • C. Katherine Rogers
    Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
  • D. Nancy Gates
    Nancy Gates was an American film and television actress active from the 1940s through the 1960s, known for her roles in dramas, film noirs, and romantic comedies.
  • E. Julie Packard
    Julie Packard is a marine biologist and conservationist best known as the founding executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a prominent advocate for ocean conservation.
  • 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: Annette Courtemanche Kirk
Triple: [Russell Kirk, spouse, Annette Courtemanche Kirk]
Generated description
Annette Courtemanche Kirk is the widow of conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and a longtime steward and promoter of his intellectual and cultural legacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Annette Courtemanche Kirk
Target entity description: Annette Courtemanche Kirk is the widow of conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and a longtime steward and promoter of his intellectual and cultural legacy.
  • A. Margo Anderson
    Margo Anderson is best known as a former wife of American country music star Kenny Rogers.
  • B. Jean Acker
    Jean Acker was an American silent film actress best known as the first wife of movie icon Rudolph Valentino.
  • C. Katherine Rogers
    Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
  • D. Nancy Gates
    Nancy Gates was an American film and television actress active from the 1940s through the 1960s, known for her roles in dramas, film noirs, and romantic comedies.
  • E. Julie Packard
    Julie Packard is a marine biologist and conservationist best known as the founding executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a prominent advocate for ocean conservation.
  • 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_69a2575cb1dc8190a01ad332426dc339 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c2fd0648190bae9191a84129709 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4be4ead481909c618e2d2e795c08 completed March 7, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4d59d6e48190ae584c5505d583e2 completed March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4dc518cc8190a8eafd2eef7934d8 completed March 7, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.