Triple

T3875853
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Glover Barkla E92497 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Mary Esther Cowell
Mary Esther Cowell was the wife of British physicist and Nobel laureate Charles Glover Barkla.
E413005 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 Esther Cowell | Statement: [Charles Glover Barkla, spouse, Mary Esther Cowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Esther Cowell
Context triple: [Charles Glover Barkla, spouse, Mary Esther Cowell]
  • A. Gladys Mills Phipps
    Gladys Mills Phipps was an American socialite, philanthropist, and prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder from the wealthy Mills–Phipps family.
  • B. Maria Louisa Kissam
    Maria Louisa Kissam was a 19th-century American socialite best known as the wife of railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt and the mother of Frederick William Vanderbilt.
  • C. Rosalie Slaughter Morton
    Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
  • D. Marjorie Frost
    Marjorie Frost was one of the daughters of American poet Robert Frost, whose short life was marked by illness and personal tragedy within the Frost family.
  • E. Mary Frances Reynolds
    Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
  • 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 Esther Cowell
Triple: [Charles Glover Barkla, spouse, Mary Esther Cowell]
Generated description
Mary Esther Cowell was the wife of British physicist and Nobel laureate Charles Glover Barkla.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Esther Cowell
Target entity description: Mary Esther Cowell was the wife of British physicist and Nobel laureate Charles Glover Barkla.
  • A. Gladys Mills Phipps
    Gladys Mills Phipps was an American socialite, philanthropist, and prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder from the wealthy Mills–Phipps family.
  • B. Maria Louisa Kissam
    Maria Louisa Kissam was a 19th-century American socialite best known as the wife of railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt and the mother of Frederick William Vanderbilt.
  • C. Rosalie Slaughter Morton
    Rosalie Slaughter Morton was an American physician and pioneering female surgeon known for her contributions to public health, medical education, and cancer advocacy.
  • D. Marjorie Frost
    Marjorie Frost was one of the daughters of American poet Robert Frost, whose short life was marked by illness and personal tragedy within the Frost family.
  • E. Mary Frances Reynolds
    Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as Debbie Reynolds, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Singin' in the Rain."
  • 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec706434819095e0d2b376adb548 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b39f55c819099e5ce90137de570 completed March 14, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56c29c72081909e6ef890dde593dd completed March 14, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56ca671d0819097760161832998b0 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.