Triple
T22071577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Donaldson |
E545419
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Billie Kay Butler
Billie Kay Butler is known as the former spouse of prominent American journalist and longtime ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson.
|
E1517748
|
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: Billie Kay Butler | Statement: [Sam Donaldson, spouse, Billie Kay Butler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billie Kay Butler Context triple: [Sam Donaldson, spouse, Billie Kay Butler]
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A.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey is an American politician, writer, and former Lieutenant Governor of New York known for her conservative commentary and opposition to certain health care reforms.
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C.
Aileen Butler
Aileen Butler is a fictional character from the novel "The Titan" by Theodore Dreiser.
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D.
Aileen Butler
Aileen Butler is a central character in Theodore Dreiser’s novel "The Financier," known as the beautiful and passionate mistress of the ambitious financier Frank Cowperwood.
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E.
Dayle Lymoine Robertson
Dayle Lymoine Robertson was an American actor best known for his tough, rugged roles in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Billie Kay Butler Triple: [Sam Donaldson, spouse, Billie Kay Butler]
Generated description
Billie Kay Butler is known as the former spouse of prominent American journalist and longtime ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billie Kay Butler Target entity description: Billie Kay Butler is known as the former spouse of prominent American journalist and longtime ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson.
-
A.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey is an American politician, writer, and former Lieutenant Governor of New York known for her conservative commentary and opposition to certain health care reforms.
-
C.
Aileen Butler
Aileen Butler is a fictional character from the novel "The Titan" by Theodore Dreiser.
-
D.
Aileen Butler
Aileen Butler is a central character in Theodore Dreiser’s novel "The Financier," known as the beautiful and passionate mistress of the ambitious financier Frank Cowperwood.
-
E.
Dayle Lymoine Robertson
Dayle Lymoine Robertson was an American actor best known for his tough, rugged roles in Western films and television series during the mid-20th century.
- 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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12888dcc08190b18d3d44d09ab943 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a8791ad8481909bd4e555016b97b0 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a88f6dea0819083e72d699da1c45d |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a897c185081909705cc3d6a87a957 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:28 p.m.