Triple
T21830735
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ethel Higgins Byrne |
E538986
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins was the father of Ethel Higgins Byrne, an early 20th-century American birth control activist and sister of Margaret Sanger.
|
E1503311
|
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: Michael Higgins | Statement: [Ethel Higgins Byrne, father, Michael Higgins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Higgins Context triple: [Ethel Higgins Byrne, father, Michael Higgins]
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A.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan was a screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 adaptation of "Rebecca."
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B.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan is a fictional character from the American television sitcom "The Hogan Family," which aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan was an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tipperary who was killed by British forces during the Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park in 1920, after whom a stand in the stadium is named.
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D.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
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E.
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith was a standout Butler University basketball center known for his key role in the Bulldogs’ run to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Championship Game.
- 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: Michael Higgins Triple: [Ethel Higgins Byrne, father, Michael Higgins]
Generated description
Michael Higgins was the father of Ethel Higgins Byrne, an early 20th-century American birth control activist and sister of Margaret Sanger.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Higgins Target entity description: Michael Higgins was the father of Ethel Higgins Byrne, an early 20th-century American birth control activist and sister of Margaret Sanger.
-
A.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan was a screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 adaptation of "Rebecca."
-
B.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan was an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tipperary who was killed by British forces during the Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park in 1920, after whom a stand in the stadium is named.
-
C.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan is a fictional character from the American television sitcom "The Hogan Family," which aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
-
D.
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
-
E.
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith was a standout Butler University basketball center known for his key role in the Bulldogs’ run to the 2011 NCAA Tournament Championship Game.
- 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_69e0c475cda88190987d08f23caebdc1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f0913554508190b81347f01d3903e8 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a45e8f6b48190852c512a878585be |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a4682eca08190916e211b0e9e3861 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a474e900c81909c5167c63509ae0a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:54 p.m.