Triple

T2168166
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Washington Parke Custis E46957 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an American plantation mistress and prominent member of the Virginia gentry, known for her philanthropy, religious work, and role as the mother-in-law of Robert E. Lee.
E254567 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: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis | Statement: [George Washington Parke Custis, spouse, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Context triple: [George Washington Parke Custis, spouse, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis]
  • A. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • B. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • C. Eleanor Parke Custis
    Eleanor Parke Custis was one of the step-granddaughters of George Washington, known for being raised at Mount Vernon and later remembered as a prominent figure in early American society.
  • D. Mary Anna Custis Lee
    Mary Anna Custis Lee was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, known as a prominent 19th-century Virginia aristocrat and plantation mistress.
  • E. Martha Jefferson Randolph
    Martha Jefferson Randolph was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson and a prominent early American woman who served as White House hostess during his presidency.
  • 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: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Triple: [George Washington Parke Custis, spouse, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis]
Generated description
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an American plantation mistress and prominent member of the Virginia gentry, known for her philanthropy, religious work, and role as the mother-in-law of Robert E. Lee.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
Target entity description: Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an American plantation mistress and prominent member of the Virginia gentry, known for her philanthropy, religious work, and role as the mother-in-law of Robert E. Lee.
  • A. Elizabeth Parke Custis
    Elizabeth Parke Custis was one of Martha Washington’s four step-granddaughters, a prominent member of the Virginia gentry in the early American republic.
  • B. Martha Parke Custis
    Martha Parke Custis was the daughter of Martha Washington and stepdaughter of George Washington, known as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.
  • C. Eleanor Parke Custis
    Eleanor Parke Custis was one of the step-granddaughters of George Washington, known for being raised at Mount Vernon and later remembered as a prominent figure in early American society.
  • D. Mary Anna Custis Lee
    Mary Anna Custis Lee was the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, known as a prominent 19th-century Virginia aristocrat and plantation mistress.
  • E. Martha Jefferson Randolph
    Martha Jefferson Randolph was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson and a prominent early American woman who served as White House hostess during his presidency.
  • 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_69a88a184cbc8190877791f6552c2484 completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbeadaed481908d6afa942d7155b8 completed March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae893ec6248190900ff61f5f3778ce completed March 9, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae89bd5c388190ad13a9682a08bba8 completed March 9, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8a1ca8848190b265cf0a8c5b909f completed March 9, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.