Triple

T2251613
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Herndon E49628 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Maxcy Herndon
Mary Maxcy Herndon was the wife of American lawyer and Abraham Lincoln’s law partner William H. Herndon.
E264609 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 Maxcy Herndon | Statement: [William Herndon, spouse, Mary Maxcy Herndon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Maxcy Herndon
Context triple: [William Herndon, spouse, Mary Maxcy Herndon]
  • A. Eliza C. Morgan Hendricks
    Eliza C. Morgan Hendricks was the wife of U.S. Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks and an American political hostess active in 19th-century public life.
  • B. Sarah Pierpont Edwards
    Sarah Pierpont Edwards was an 18th-century American religious figure and diarist known for her deep piety, influential role in the First Great Awakening, and partnership in ministry with theologian Jonathan Edwards.
  • C. Alma Johnson Powell
    Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
  • D. Louvenia Breedlove
    Louvenia Breedlove was the sister of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
  • E. Elizabeth Wells
    Elizabeth Wells was the wife of American Founding Father and revolutionary leader Samuel Adams.
  • 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 Maxcy Herndon
Triple: [William Herndon, spouse, Mary Maxcy Herndon]
Generated description
Mary Maxcy Herndon was the wife of American lawyer and Abraham Lincoln’s law partner William H. Herndon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Maxcy Herndon
Target entity description: Mary Maxcy Herndon was the wife of American lawyer and Abraham Lincoln’s law partner William H. Herndon.
  • A. Eliza C. Morgan Hendricks
    Eliza C. Morgan Hendricks was the wife of U.S. Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks and an American political hostess active in 19th-century public life.
  • B. Sarah Pierpont Edwards
    Sarah Pierpont Edwards was an 18th-century American religious figure and diarist known for her deep piety, influential role in the First Great Awakening, and partnership in ministry with theologian Jonathan Edwards.
  • C. Alma Johnson Powell
    Alma Johnson Powell is an American audiologist and education advocate best known as the longtime wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and for her leadership in children’s and literacy initiatives.
  • D. Louvenia Breedlove
    Louvenia Breedlove was the sister of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
  • E. Elizabeth Wells
    Elizabeth Wells was the wife of American Founding Father and revolutionary leader Samuel Adams.
  • 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc11d04688190abc04fac3a1804a9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf1cded88190aa8edefc5dd94a6c completed March 9, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec16e9158819087139fd3e86785b0 completed March 9, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec2065b608190bcdc4dd2d82be9d6 completed March 9, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.