Triple
T4806708
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Updike |
E106964
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary E. Pennington
Mary E. Pennington was the first wife of American novelist John Updike, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had four children before their divorce in the 1970s.
|
E643032
|
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 E. Pennington | Statement: [John Updike, spouse, Mary E. Pennington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary E. Pennington Context triple: [John Updike, spouse, Mary E. Pennington]
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A.
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."
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B.
Mary M. Baker
Mary M. Baker is an individual known primarily as an alternate name or identity for Mary Morse Baker.
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C.
Ann Pamela Cunningham
Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
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D.
Margaret Whitmore
Margaret Whitmore is best known as the wife of American physician-turned-thriller novelist Robin Cook.
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E.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
- 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 E. Pennington Triple: [John Updike, spouse, Mary E. Pennington]
Generated description
Mary E. Pennington was the first wife of American novelist John Updike, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had four children before their divorce in the 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary E. Pennington Target entity description: Mary E. Pennington was the first wife of American novelist John Updike, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had four children before their divorce in the 1970s.
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A.
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."
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B.
Mary M. Baker
Mary M. Baker is an individual known primarily as an alternate name or identity for Mary Morse Baker.
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C.
Ann Pamela Cunningham
Ann Pamela Cunningham was a 19th-century American preservationist best known for leading the effort to save George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and founding the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
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D.
Margaret Whitmore
Margaret Whitmore is best known as the wife of American physician-turned-thriller novelist Robin Cook.
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E.
Elizabeth Griscom
Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
- 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6c69099c8190956b6df42bb922c8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7a2ff2f2481908865e83841fc28d4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7a3e11f648190adf7210cee954c3d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7a428dd048190a846bfb6d10b60e7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.