Triple

T21553868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Claflin E531833 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Nancy Dunlap Claflin
Nancy Dunlap Claflin was the wife of William Claflin, a prominent 19th-century Massachusetts politician and governor.
E1558323 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: Nancy Dunlap Claflin | Statement: [William Claflin, spouse, Nancy Dunlap Claflin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancy Dunlap Claflin
Context triple: [William Claflin, spouse, Nancy Dunlap Claflin]
  • A. Clara T. Bracy
    Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Mary E. Pennington
    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.
  • D. Flora E. Rawson
    Flora E. Rawson was the wife of American politician William Stephens, who served as the 24th governor of California.
  • E. Clara D. Pierson
    Clara D. Pierson was an American author best known for her early 20th-century children's books featuring animal and nature stories.
  • 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: Nancy Dunlap Claflin
Triple: [William Claflin, spouse, Nancy Dunlap Claflin]
Generated description
Nancy Dunlap Claflin was the wife of William Claflin, a prominent 19th-century Massachusetts politician and governor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancy Dunlap Claflin
Target entity description: Nancy Dunlap Claflin was the wife of William Claflin, a prominent 19th-century Massachusetts politician and governor.
  • A. Clara T. Bracy
    Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Mary E. Pennington
    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.
  • D. Flora E. Rawson
    Flora E. Rawson was the wife of American politician William Stephens, who served as the 24th governor of California.
  • E. Clara D. Pierson
    Clara D. Pierson was an American author best known for her early 20th-century children's books featuring animal and nature stories.
  • 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_69e0c460232c81908de2c3819d17c00e completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eed2de1c248190b303a4a55b022374 completed April 27, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bae70e3288190b569b4221214e6db completed May 19, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0baf48d4c481909268ad4c6b4ff67a completed May 19, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bafae553c8190a7426ba56b60f147 completed May 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:29 p.m.