Triple

T350705
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ann Dunham E7435 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Madelyn Dunham
Madelyn Dunham was the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama and a key figure in his upbringing in Hawaii.
E47158 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: Madelyn Dunham | Statement: [Ann Dunham, parent, Madelyn Dunham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madelyn Dunham
Context triple: [Ann Dunham, parent, Madelyn Dunham]
  • A. Cecilia DeMille Harper
    Cecilia DeMille Harper was the daughter of legendary American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
  • B. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • C. Maxine Albro
    Maxine Albro was an American muralist and painter associated with the New Deal era, best known for her vibrant frescoes and contributions to public art in San Francisco.
  • D. Katherine Puening
    Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • E. Lucille Sheardown
    Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
  • 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: Madelyn Dunham
Triple: [Ann Dunham, parent, Madelyn Dunham]
Generated description
Madelyn Dunham was the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama and a key figure in his upbringing in Hawaii.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madelyn Dunham
Target entity description: Madelyn Dunham was the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama and a key figure in his upbringing in Hawaii.
  • A. Cecilia DeMille Harper
    Cecilia DeMille Harper was the daughter of legendary American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille.
  • B. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • C. Maxine Albro
    Maxine Albro was an American muralist and painter associated with the New Deal era, best known for her vibrant frescoes and contributions to public art in San Francisco.
  • D. Katherine Puening
    Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
  • E. Lucille Sheardown
    Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb1f028c819098fa6480b4ca5cf0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a2d7b08190a99a85a79e69a717 completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f142a3548190bee0a417c5a37c0d completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f1a1b5dc8190988b675ac8da7347 completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.