Triple

T246734
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Bethune E5053 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Frances Penney
Frances Penney was the wife of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune, accompanying parts of his medical and political journey in the early 20th century.
 E134168 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: Frances Penney | Statement: [Norman Bethune, spouse, Frances Penney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frances Penney
Context triple: [Norman Bethune, spouse, Frances Penney]
  • A. Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay was an American film actress known for her numerous roles in low-budget Westerns and B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Barbara Dickson
    Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
  • C. Louise Whitfield
    Louise Whitfield was an American philanthropist best known as the wife of industrialist Andrew Carnegie and for her extensive charitable work.
  • D. Harriet Eckersall
    Harriet Eckersall was the wife of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus.
  • E. Nora Barlow
    Nora Barlow was a British botanist and editor best known as Charles Darwin’s granddaughter and for publishing and annotating key editions of his works and correspondence.
  • 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: Frances Penney
Triple: [Norman Bethune, spouse, Frances Penney]
Generated description
Frances Penney was the wife of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune, accompanying parts of his medical and political journey in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frances Penney
Target entity description: Frances Penney was the wife of Canadian physician and humanitarian Norman Bethune, accompanying parts of his medical and political journey in the early 20th century.
  • A. Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay was an American film actress known for her numerous roles in low-budget Westerns and B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Barbara Dickson
    Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
  • C. Louise Whitfield
    Louise Whitfield was an American philanthropist best known as the wife of industrialist Andrew Carnegie and for her extensive charitable work.
  • D. Harriet Eckersall
    Harriet Eckersall was the wife of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus.
  • E. Nora Barlow
    Nora Barlow was a British botanist and editor best known as Charles Darwin’s granddaughter and for publishing and annotating key editions of his works and correspondence.
  • 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_69a257c4bf688190a46ebbf411ab7473 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d13b8088190a3f48f0388d57496 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac65f5fa54819087f7d08cdaa5e5ea completed March 7, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac66d7aef881909f5bb83b4563c581 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac676cb9a08190a83d47de80126677 completed March 7, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.