Triple

T6300056
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lee Tracy E141229 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas was an American actress active in early 20th-century stage and film, known in part for her marriage to actor Lee Tracy.
 E584101 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: Helen Thomas | Statement: [Lee Tracy, spouse, Helen Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Helen Thomas
Context triple: [Lee Tracy, spouse, Helen Thomas]
  • A. Sally Quinn
    Sally Quinn is an American journalist, author, and longtime Washington Post writer known for her coverage of Washington society and politics.
  • B. Cokie Roberts
    Cokie Roberts was an American journalist and author best known as a longtime political commentator for NPR and ABC News.
  • C. Margaret Warner
    Margaret Warner was a benefactor and namesake whose contributions to education led to the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education bearing her name.
  • D. Barbara Walters
    Barbara Walters was a pioneering American broadcast journalist and television personality renowned for her high-profile interviews and for helping reshape women’s roles in television news.
  • E. Judy Woodruff
    Judy Woodruff is an American broadcast journalist best known for her long tenure as a leading anchor and managing editor of PBS’s flagship news program.
  • 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: Helen Thomas
Triple: [Lee Tracy, spouse, Helen Thomas]
Generated description
Helen Thomas was an American actress active in early 20th-century stage and film, known in part for her marriage to actor Lee Tracy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Helen Thomas
Target entity description: Helen Thomas was an American actress active in early 20th-century stage and film, known in part for her marriage to actor Lee Tracy.
  • A. Sally Quinn
    Sally Quinn is an American journalist, author, and longtime Washington Post writer known for her coverage of Washington society and politics.
  • B. Cokie Roberts
    Cokie Roberts was an American journalist and author best known as a longtime political commentator for NPR and ABC News.
  • C. Margaret Warner
    Margaret Warner was a benefactor and namesake whose contributions to education led to the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education bearing her name.
  • D. Barbara Walters
    Barbara Walters was a pioneering American broadcast journalist and television personality renowned for her high-profile interviews and for helping reshape women’s roles in television news.
  • E. Judy Woodruff
    Judy Woodruff is an American broadcast journalist best known for her long tenure as a leading anchor and managing editor of PBS’s flagship news program.
  • 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_69c008cf0ad4819095def81e2bd42f9f completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0645a7e048190af7a609fc74b876a completed March 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5e427de4481909f1cad8fae93bc42 completed March 27, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c5e67fc1688190ab339960d656708d completed March 27, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5e6e40c588190898ad952b71e5b11 completed March 27, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:27 p.m.