Triple

T2887933
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harriet Lane E59550 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Henry Elliott Johnston
Henry Elliott Johnston was the husband of Harriet Lane, who served as First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her uncle, James Buchanan.
E370667 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: Henry Elliott Johnston | Statement: [Harriet Lane, spouse, Henry Elliott Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Elliott Johnston
Context triple: [Harriet Lane, spouse, Henry Elliott Johnston]
  • A. Henry Beadman Bryant
    Henry Beadman Bryant was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, known for pioneering practical commercial education.
  • B. Henry Van Brunt
    Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
  • C. William Dowdeswell
    William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
  • D. Philip Christison
    Philip Christison was a British Army general who held senior commands in World War II, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • 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: Henry Elliott Johnston
Triple: [Harriet Lane, spouse, Henry Elliott Johnston]
Generated description
Henry Elliott Johnston was the husband of Harriet Lane, who served as First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her uncle, James Buchanan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Elliott Johnston
Target entity description: Henry Elliott Johnston was the husband of Harriet Lane, who served as First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her uncle, James Buchanan.
  • A. Henry Beadman Bryant
    Henry Beadman Bryant was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, known for pioneering practical commercial education.
  • B. Henry Van Brunt
    Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
  • C. William Dowdeswell
    William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
  • D. Philip Christison
    Philip Christison was a British Army general who held senior commands in World War II, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Francis Johnston
    Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
  • 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_69ab4ac739188190a112f42a5a69c951 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe047aa7c8190a0ed570c13f3a1a2 completed March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402b005d88190b127d483ee48c2cd completed March 13, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4034973c08190b0332a9a8b5340d7 completed March 13, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4086ab034819086c5fa7d4b172d75 completed March 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.