Triple
T4352346
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex |
E98055
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frances Walsingham
Frances Walsingham was an English noblewoman, daughter of Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and widow of Sir Philip Sidney, who later married Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
|
E435351
|
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: Frances Walsingham | Statement: [Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, mother, Frances Walsingham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Walsingham Context triple: [Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, mother, Frances Walsingham]
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A.
Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
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B.
Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham was Queen Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and spymaster, renowned for building an extensive intelligence network that protected England from internal and external threats.
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C.
Frances Howard
Frances Howard was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century who later became known as the wife of producer Samuel Goldwyn and the mother of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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D.
Frances Howard, Countess of Essex
Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, was a prominent early 17th-century English noblewoman best known for her scandalous annulment from the Earl of Essex and subsequent marriage to King James I’s favorite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
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E.
Mary Walsingham
Mary Walsingham was an English gentlewoman of the 16th century, known primarily as the wife of statesman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Walter Mildmay.
- 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: Frances Walsingham Triple: [Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, mother, Frances Walsingham]
Generated description
Frances Walsingham was an English noblewoman, daughter of Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and widow of Sir Philip Sidney, who later married Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Walsingham Target entity description: Frances Walsingham was an English noblewoman, daughter of Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and widow of Sir Philip Sidney, who later married Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
-
A.
Elizabeth Popham
Elizabeth Popham was an English gentlewoman of the 18th century best known as the mother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a prominent British statesman.
-
B.
Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham was Queen Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and spymaster, renowned for building an extensive intelligence network that protected England from internal and external threats.
-
C.
Frances Howard
Frances Howard was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century who later became known as the wife of producer Samuel Goldwyn and the mother of film producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
-
D.
Frances Howard, Countess of Essex
Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, was a prominent early 17th-century English noblewoman best known for her scandalous annulment from the Earl of Essex and subsequent marriage to King James I’s favorite, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset.
-
E.
Mary Walsingham
Mary Walsingham was an English gentlewoman of the 16th century, known primarily as the wife of statesman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Walter Mildmay.
- 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_69b3454965f881908c41190bb22f0e4b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b351ab03488190a8900de98fb4a00e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e4fdee688190806edebd05a23570 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e5e96aac819093c43dc355de4509 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e6587be88190884f61a7350ce5a9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:15 p.m.