Triple

T10615758
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Hershey E276114 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas is an American artist and former actor best known as the ex-husband of actress Barbara Hershey.
E874013 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: Stephen Douglas | Statement: [Barbara Hershey, spouse, Stephen Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Douglas
Context triple: [Barbara Hershey, spouse, Stephen Douglas]
  • A. Stephen A. Douglas
    Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois, best known for his role in shaping antebellum legislation and for debating Abraham Lincoln over slavery.
  • B. James Tallmadge Jr.
    James Tallmadge Jr. was a U.S. congressman from New York best known for proposing the Tallmadge Amendment in 1819, which sought to restrict the expansion of slavery into Missouri.
  • C. David Wilmot
    David Wilmot is an Irish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "The Guard," "Ripper Street," and "Calvary."
  • D. Thomas Hicks
    Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Henry Clay
    Henry Clay was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator known as the “Great Compromiser” for brokering major legislative agreements that sought to balance sectional interests and preserve the Union.
  • 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: Stephen Douglas
Triple: [Barbara Hershey, spouse, Stephen Douglas]
Generated description
Stephen Douglas is an American artist and former actor best known as the ex-husband of actress Barbara Hershey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Douglas
Target entity description: Stephen Douglas is an American artist and former actor best known as the ex-husband of actress Barbara Hershey.
  • A. Stephen A. Douglas
    Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois, best known for his role in shaping antebellum legislation and for debating Abraham Lincoln over slavery.
  • B. James Tallmadge Jr.
    James Tallmadge Jr. was a U.S. congressman from New York best known for proposing the Tallmadge Amendment in 1819, which sought to restrict the expansion of slavery into Missouri.
  • C. David Wilmot
    David Wilmot is an Irish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "The Guard," "Ripper Street," and "Calvary."
  • D. Thomas Hicks
    Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Henry Clay
    Henry Clay was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator known as the “Great Compromiser” for brokering major legislative agreements that sought to balance sectional interests and preserve the Union.
  • 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_69d6aaf948d88190806cc3a8c47a3fb2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6df6d76dc8190bd8d481fed3225d9 completed April 8, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d95ecd44b08190bccbedd63544ba17 completed April 10, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d95fc0430c8190b968a651d854d041 completed April 10, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9610843048190913190bf546d3df1 completed April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.