Triple

T243096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William J. Brennan Jr. E4974 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Fowler Brennan
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
E140193 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 Fowler Brennan | Statement: [William J. Brennan Jr., spouse, Mary Fowler Brennan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Fowler Brennan
Context triple: [William J. Brennan Jr., spouse, Mary Fowler Brennan]
  • A. Mary Grace Slattery
    Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
  • B. Elizabeth Flanagan
    Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
  • C. Ann Fleming
    Ann Fleming was a British socialite and literary hostess best known as the wife of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and for her influential role in mid-20th-century London cultural circles.
  • D. Nancy D. Fitzroy
    Nancy D. Fitzroy is an American mechanical engineer and pioneering woman in engineering leadership, known for her contributions to heat transfer and for serving as the first female president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • E. Mary Quinn Sullivan
    Mary Quinn Sullivan was an American art collector and patron who played a key role in the early promotion and institutional support of modern art in the United States.
  • 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 Fowler Brennan
Triple: [William J. Brennan Jr., spouse, Mary Fowler Brennan]
Generated description
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Fowler Brennan
Target entity description: Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
  • A. Mary Grace Slattery
    Mary Grace Slattery was the first wife of American playwright Arthur Miller, whom he married before achieving his major theatrical success.
  • B. Elizabeth Flanagan
    Elizabeth Flanagan was the wife of C. Everett Koop, the prominent U.S. Surgeon General known for his influential public health advocacy.
  • C. Ann Fleming
    Ann Fleming was a British socialite and literary hostess best known as the wife of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and for her influential role in mid-20th-century London cultural circles.
  • D. Nancy D. Fitzroy
    Nancy D. Fitzroy is an American mechanical engineer and pioneering woman in engineering leadership, known for her contributions to heat transfer and for serving as the first female president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • E. Mary Quinn Sullivan
    Mary Quinn Sullivan was an American art collector and patron who played a key role in the early promotion and institutional support of modern art in the United States.
  • 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cef84ac81908fcc175b7f89653b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac89e9da1481908837afa843a14510 completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8a4d15788190948ece38d19bdd38 completed March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8af006088190a63e1e2105da3ad8 completed March 7, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.