Triple
T7369970
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melvyn Douglas |
E169971
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entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Helen Gahagan Douglas was an American actress and Democratic congresswoman from California best known for her pioneering political career and her 1950 U.S. Senate race against Richard Nixon.
|
E660145
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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 Gahagan Douglas | Statement: [Melvyn Douglas, spouse, Helen Gahagan Douglas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Gahagan Douglas Context triple: [Melvyn Douglas, spouse, Helen Gahagan Douglas]
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A.
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith was a pioneering moderate Republican U.S. senator from Maine, best known for her early and outspoken opposition to McCarthyism and for being the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
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B.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
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C.
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick was an American politician and suffragist who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and was a prominent Republican figure in the early 20th century.
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D.
Jean Sherman
Jean Sherman is the central female protagonist in the 1920s-set drama "The Roaring Twenties," embodying the era’s glamour and emotional stakes.
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E.
Louella Carver Dirksen
Louella Carver Dirksen was the wife of prominent U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen and a political spouse known for her support of his long legislative career.
- 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 Gahagan Douglas Triple: [Melvyn Douglas, spouse, Helen Gahagan Douglas]
Generated description
Helen Gahagan Douglas was an American actress and Democratic congresswoman from California best known for her pioneering political career and her 1950 U.S. Senate race against Richard Nixon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Gahagan Douglas Target entity description: Helen Gahagan Douglas was an American actress and Democratic congresswoman from California best known for her pioneering political career and her 1950 U.S. Senate race against Richard Nixon.
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A.
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith was a pioneering moderate Republican U.S. senator from Maine, best known for her early and outspoken opposition to McCarthyism and for being the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
-
B.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
-
C.
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick was an American politician and suffragist who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and was a prominent Republican figure in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Jean Sherman
Jean Sherman is the central female protagonist in the 1920s-set drama "The Roaring Twenties," embodying the era’s glamour and emotional stakes.
-
E.
Louella Carver Dirksen
Louella Carver Dirksen was the wife of prominent U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen and a political spouse known for her support of his long legislative career.
- 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_69c68a5ade988190885b7175f63b7534 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f1810668819094aec4b237d08068 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c802c3a4788190850294b054b9c928 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c803baa4d48190941174246f533399 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c80457cca08190a392b4efaa50a3f4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.