Triple

T23017345
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Talman E573066 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Margaret Flanagan
Margaret Flanagan was the wife of American actor William Talman, best known for his role as district attorney Hamilton Burger on the television series "Perry Mason."
 E1590317 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: Margaret Flanagan | Statement: [William Talman, spouse, Margaret Flanagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Margaret Flanagan
Context triple: [William Talman, spouse, Margaret Flanagan]
  • A. Margaret O'Leary
    Margaret O'Leary is an Irish-born American nurse and educator known for her contributions to nursing practice and education in the United States.
  • B. Margaret McGloin
    Margaret McGloin was the first wife of American television personality and game show host Allen Ludden.
  • C. Margaret Hynes
    Margaret Hynes is a notable individual who bears the surname Hynes, recognized for her association with that family name.
  • D. Margaret McGrath
    Margaret McGrath was an American philanthropist and the first wife of U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller.
  • E. Mary McCleary
    Mary McCleary is best known as the wife of famed American automobile executive Lee Iacocca.
  • 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: Margaret Flanagan
Triple: [William Talman, spouse, Margaret Flanagan]
Generated description
Margaret Flanagan was the wife of American actor William Talman, best known for his role as district attorney Hamilton Burger on the television series "Perry Mason."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Margaret Flanagan
Target entity description: Margaret Flanagan was the wife of American actor William Talman, best known for his role as district attorney Hamilton Burger on the television series "Perry Mason."
  • A. Margaret O'Leary
    Margaret O'Leary is an Irish-born American nurse and educator known for her contributions to nursing practice and education in the United States.
  • B. Margaret McGloin
    Margaret McGloin was the first wife of American television personality and game show host Allen Ludden.
  • C. Margaret Hynes
    Margaret Hynes is a notable individual who bears the surname Hynes, recognized for her association with that family name.
  • D. Margaret McGrath
    Margaret McGrath was an American philanthropist and the first wife of U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller.
  • E. Mary McCleary
    Mary McCleary is best known as the wife of famed American automobile executive Lee Iacocca.
  • 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_69e245b764cc8190a51be76f1d9611e1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f183e59a1c8190b8048a399a4727cb completed April 29, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0cdf25682081908ff6ee0b898a861a completed May 19, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ce0ed1cb881909a1ce386d406b824 completed May 19, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ce1a37b288190b4e9775e8be23ea9 completed May 19, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:52 p.m.