Triple

T4223896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ralph Waite E94406 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Kerry Shear Waite
Kerry Shear Waite is known as the spouse of the late American actor Ralph Waite, who was best recognized for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
E422857 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: Kerry Shear Waite | Statement: [Ralph Waite, spouse, Kerry Shear Waite]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kerry Shear Waite
Context triple: [Ralph Waite, spouse, Kerry Shear Waite]
  • A. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
    Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to post-bop, jazz fusion, and electronic music.
  • C. Richard Jennings
    Richard Jennings was an English politician and landowner of the 17th century, best known as the father of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and a figure connected to the court of Charles II.
  • D. Albert Kerry
    Albert Kerry was a local Seattle businessman and civic leader after whom the scenic Kerry Park viewpoint on Queen Anne Hill is named.
  • E. Sam Robards
    Sam Robards is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, and as the son of actors Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards.
  • 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: Kerry Shear Waite
Triple: [Ralph Waite, spouse, Kerry Shear Waite]
Generated description
Kerry Shear Waite is known as the spouse of the late American actor Ralph Waite, who was best recognized for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kerry Shear Waite
Target entity description: Kerry Shear Waite is known as the spouse of the late American actor Ralph Waite, who was best recognized for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
  • A. Joseph W. Martin Jr.
    Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
    Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to post-bop, jazz fusion, and electronic music.
  • C. Richard Jennings
    Richard Jennings was an English politician and landowner of the 17th century, best known as the father of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and a figure connected to the court of Charles II.
  • D. Albert Kerry
    Albert Kerry was a local Seattle businessman and civic leader after whom the scenic Kerry Park viewpoint on Queen Anne Hill is named.
  • E. Sam Robards
    Sam Robards is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, and as the son of actors Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards.
  • 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_69b3453700a08190ae88792e3dc63207 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e4bf6088190926b982039a12079 completed March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5964532e08190bb1dc56f734e6ebb completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b59a0e97d481908dfbab773468f3d5 completed March 14, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b59e23353c819080b56841d7f32cae completed March 14, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.