Triple

T17683872
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruth Hanna McCormick E440837 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joseph Medill McCormick
Joseph Medill McCormick was an American Republican politician and newspaper heir who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois in the early 20th century.
E1282827 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: Joseph Medill McCormick | Statement: [Ruth Hanna McCormick, spouse, Joseph Medill McCormick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Medill McCormick
Context triple: [Ruth Hanna McCormick, spouse, Joseph Medill McCormick]
  • A. Joseph Medill
    Joseph Medill was a prominent 19th-century American newspaper editor and publisher who co-owned and led the Chicago Tribune and served as mayor of Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871.
  • B. Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
    Joseph Medill Patterson Albright is an American journalist and member of the prominent Medill-Patterson publishing family, known in part for his marriage to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
  • C. Robert R. McCormick
    Robert R. McCormick was a prominent American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his influential role in 20th-century journalism and conservative politics.
  • D. John Randolph Hearst
    John Randolph Hearst was an American businessman and newspaper executive, known as one of William Randolph Hearst’s sons who held leadership roles within the Hearst media empire.
  • E. Henry F. Pulitzer
    Henry F. Pulitzer was an art dealer and collector best known for his controversial ownership and promotion of the so‑called "Isleworth Mona Lisa," a painting he claimed was an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous work.
  • 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: Joseph Medill McCormick
Triple: [Ruth Hanna McCormick, spouse, Joseph Medill McCormick]
Generated description
Joseph Medill McCormick was an American Republican politician and newspaper heir who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Medill McCormick
Target entity description: Joseph Medill McCormick was an American Republican politician and newspaper heir who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois in the early 20th century.
  • A. Joseph Medill
    Joseph Medill was a prominent 19th-century American newspaper editor and publisher who co-owned and led the Chicago Tribune and served as mayor of Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871.
  • B. Joseph Medill Patterson Albright
    Joseph Medill Patterson Albright is an American journalist and member of the prominent Medill-Patterson publishing family, known in part for his marriage to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
  • C. Robert R. McCormick
    Robert R. McCormick was a prominent American newspaper publisher and longtime editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune, known for his influential role in 20th-century journalism and conservative politics.
  • D. John Randolph Hearst
    John Randolph Hearst was an American businessman and newspaper executive, known as one of William Randolph Hearst’s sons who held leadership roles within the Hearst media empire.
  • E. Henry F. Pulitzer
    Henry F. Pulitzer was an art dealer and collector best known for his controversial ownership and promotion of the so‑called "Isleworth Mona Lisa," a painting he claimed was an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous work.
  • 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_69d8b9e940b081908b862bb0e6e89b0d completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4704626308190bbdd98d27beb3f24 completed April 19, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02232c47f481909b0ac8f278b0144b completed May 11, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0224d356748190aac87f7bc6a12ee7 completed May 11, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02258d6db881908a80b23b5d44cf98 completed May 11, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:02 a.m.