Triple
T6794964
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Edgar Herold |
E156030
|
entity |
| Predicate | parent |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Ann Porter Herold
Mary Ann Porter Herold was the mother of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
|
E619727
|
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 Ann Porter Herold | Statement: [David Edgar Herold, parent, Mary Ann Porter Herold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Ann Porter Herold Context triple: [David Edgar Herold, parent, Mary Ann Porter Herold]
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A.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Anna Surratt
Anna Surratt was the daughter of Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt, known for her efforts to plead for her mother's life before the execution.
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C.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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D.
John Harrison Surratt Sr.
John Harrison Surratt Sr. was an American innkeeper and Confederate sympathizer whose family, including his wife Mary Surratt and son John Jr., became deeply entangled in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
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E.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
- 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 Ann Porter Herold Triple: [David Edgar Herold, parent, Mary Ann Porter Herold]
Generated description
Mary Ann Porter Herold was the mother of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Ann Porter Herold Target entity description: Mary Ann Porter Herold was the mother of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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A.
Mary Alice Herold
Mary Alice Herold is known primarily as the sister of David Herold, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
Anna Surratt
Anna Surratt was the daughter of Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Surratt, known for her efforts to plead for her mother's life before the execution.
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C.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, better known as Bess Truman, was the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of President Harry S. Truman.
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D.
John Harrison Surratt Sr.
John Harrison Surratt Sr. was an American innkeeper and Confederate sympathizer whose family, including his wife Mary Surratt and son John Jr., became deeply entangled in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
-
E.
Clementina Shorter
Clementina Shorter was the wife of British journalist and literary critic Clement Shorter, associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century English literary scene.
- 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_69c6881844448190a65822d9b39d7f88 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d2c6e7dc8190b1f33372d047baba |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c71a9354448190890846c2e84bb22c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c71c57e29481908ffa5a1918c46dfa |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c71ce85c4c8190ac894259de0a3341 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m.