Triple

T18832624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Busfield E460571 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Jenny Merwin
Jenny Merwin is known as the former spouse of American actor and director Timothy Busfield.
E1355597 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: Jenny Merwin | Statement: [Timothy Busfield, spouse, Jenny Merwin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jenny Merwin
Context triple: [Timothy Busfield, spouse, Jenny Merwin]
  • A. Jeannine Renshaw
    Jeannine Renshaw is a television producer and writer known for her work on series such as "Good Girls."
  • B. Amy Eshleman
    Amy Eshleman is an American former public librarian and education advocate best known as the wife of former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot.
  • C. Paula Merwin
    Paula Merwin was the wife and literary collaborator of American poet W. S. Merwin, closely involved in his life, work, and environmental projects in Hawaii.
  • D. Joyce Johnston
    Joyce Johnston is known as the wife of American record producer Bob Johnston, who worked with major artists such as Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.
  • E. Jenny Grubb
    Jenny Grubb is a comedic character from the British Carry On film series, appearing as one of the romantically entangled figures in the 1970 movie "Carry On Loving."
  • 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: Jenny Merwin
Triple: [Timothy Busfield, spouse, Jenny Merwin]
Generated description
Jenny Merwin is known as the former spouse of American actor and director Timothy Busfield.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jenny Merwin
Target entity description: Jenny Merwin is known as the former spouse of American actor and director Timothy Busfield.
  • A. Jeannine Renshaw
    Jeannine Renshaw is a television producer and writer known for her work on series such as "Good Girls."
  • B. Amy Eshleman
    Amy Eshleman is an American former public librarian and education advocate best known as the wife of former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot.
  • C. Paula Merwin
    Paula Merwin was the wife and literary collaborator of American poet W. S. Merwin, closely involved in his life, work, and environmental projects in Hawaii.
  • D. Joyce Johnston
    Joyce Johnston is known as the wife of American record producer Bob Johnston, who worked with major artists such as Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.
  • E. Jenny Grubb
    Jenny Grubb is a comedic character from the British Carry On film series, appearing as one of the romantically entangled figures in the 1970 movie "Carry On Loving."
  • 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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a99a792c81908b9a0741ef6ee782 completed April 20, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05c535981c8190909d422eda7cb174 completed May 14, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05c6de920081909fa458583f487acf completed May 14, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05c7b75140819085218f4dd5c74a66 completed May 14, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:56 a.m.