Triple

T9132040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ma Rainey E219108 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object William Rainey
William Rainey was the husband of pioneering blues singer Ma Rainey, with whom he performed in early traveling minstrel and vaudeville shows.
E780251 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: William Rainey | Statement: [Ma Rainey, spouse, William Rainey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rainey
Context triple: [Ma Rainey, spouse, William Rainey]
  • A. Charles L. McNary
    Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
  • B. Big Jim Colfax
    Big Jim Colfax is a crime boss and central antagonist in the 1946 film noir "The Killers," orchestrating the heist and subsequent betrayal that drive the story's plot.
  • C. Albert J. Beveridge
    Albert J. Beveridge was an American historian and U.S. senator from Indiana known for his progressive politics and influential writings on American history.
  • D. James G. Blaine
    James G. Blaine was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State.
  • E. William M. Jennings
    William M. Jennings was a prominent National Hockey League executive and longtime president of the New York Rangers, honored for his contributions to the sport.
  • 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: William Rainey
Triple: [Ma Rainey, spouse, William Rainey]
Generated description
William Rainey was the husband of pioneering blues singer Ma Rainey, with whom he performed in early traveling minstrel and vaudeville shows.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rainey
Target entity description: William Rainey was the husband of pioneering blues singer Ma Rainey, with whom he performed in early traveling minstrel and vaudeville shows.
  • A. Charles L. McNary
    Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
  • B. Big Jim Colfax
    Big Jim Colfax is a crime boss and central antagonist in the 1946 film noir "The Killers," orchestrating the heist and subsequent betrayal that drive the story's plot.
  • C. Albert J. Beveridge
    Albert J. Beveridge was an American historian and U.S. senator from Indiana known for his progressive politics and influential writings on American history.
  • D. James G. Blaine
    James G. Blaine was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State.
  • E. William M. Jennings
    William M. Jennings was a prominent National Hockey League executive and longtime president of the New York Rangers, honored for his contributions to the sport.
  • 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_69ca83debfc0819095800583e97ab10f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8db7d808190bd22b0e5a6f9c285 completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d047dc25208190a720910e6d43199b completed April 3, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d049058dec81909854965276252808 completed April 3, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049913b7481909ccbaf4999e37c06 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.