Triple

T389853
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harry Hopkins E8856 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Barbara Duncan
Barbara Duncan was the second wife of Harry Hopkins, a key advisor to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and World War II.
E158450 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: Barbara Duncan | Statement: [Harry Hopkins, spouse, Barbara Duncan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Duncan
Context triple: [Harry Hopkins, spouse, Barbara Duncan]
  • A. 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."
  • B. 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.
  • C. Yvonne Roberts
    Yvonne Roberts is a British journalist and writer known for her work on social issues, politics, and feminism.
  • D. Katharine Tait
    Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
  • E. Patricia Spence
    Patricia Spence was the second wife of British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell.
  • 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: Barbara Duncan
Triple: [Harry Hopkins, spouse, Barbara Duncan]
Generated description
Barbara Duncan was the second wife of Harry Hopkins, a key advisor to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Duncan
Target entity description: Barbara Duncan was the second wife of Harry Hopkins, a key advisor to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and World War II.
  • A. 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."
  • B. 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.
  • C. Yvonne Roberts
    Yvonne Roberts is a British journalist and writer known for her work on social issues, politics, and feminism.
  • D. Katharine Tait
    Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
  • E. Patricia Spence
    Patricia Spence was the second wife of British philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5bdc848190826701590070497b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acd4620c7c81909e30a2dfd55602fb completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd72a585c81909343b8ebf8294499 completed March 8, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd7cdafb081908424028e4656c459 completed March 8, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.