Triple

T3188682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eleanor Elkins Widener E66764 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. was an American physician, explorer, and geographer known for his expeditions into the Amazon Basin in the early 20th century.
 E339285 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: Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. | Statement: [Eleanor Elkins Widener, spouse, Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Context triple: [Eleanor Elkins Widener, spouse, Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.]
  • A. John Houstoun
    John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
  • B. John J. DaNang Greene
    John J. "DaNang" Greene was a U.S. military officer known for his leadership role during the Vietnam War, particularly in the protracted and intense fighting around Khe Sanh.
  • C. James R. Rice
    James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
  • D. William A. Guthrie
    William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
  • E. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • 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: Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Triple: [Eleanor Elkins Widener, spouse, Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.]
Generated description
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. was an American physician, explorer, and geographer known for his expeditions into the Amazon Basin in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Target entity description: Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. was an American physician, explorer, and geographer known for his expeditions into the Amazon Basin in the early 20th century.
  • A. John Houstoun
    John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
  • B. John J. DaNang Greene
    John J. "DaNang" Greene was a U.S. military officer known for his leadership role during the Vietnam War, particularly in the protracted and intense fighting around Khe Sanh.
  • C. James R. Rice
    James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
  • D. William A. Guthrie
    William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
  • E. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • 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_69ad8587c1bc8190a2595f2c22ee1001 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada6e491508190bc881feaee3889bc completed March 8, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b276fbb7c481909097f5af619e45f4 completed March 12, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b27844c6708190ac61f00a74a2ef27 completed March 12, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b27911ff1481908a36f279a871c510 completed March 12, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.