Triple
T11029146
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark |
E260712
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vera Stark
Vera Stark is the fictional African American maid-turned-actress at the center of Lynn Nottage’s play "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," which explores race, representation, and Hollywood’s treatment of Black performers across decades.
|
E899786
|
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: Vera Stark | Statement: [By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, mainCharacter, Vera Stark]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera Stark Context triple: [By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, mainCharacter, Vera Stark]
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A.
Dorothy Stine
Dorothy Stine was the first wife of English actor Boris Karloff, best known for his iconic roles in classic horror films.
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B.
Vera Matson
Vera Matson was an American lyricist best known for being credited as a co-writer on several Elvis Presley songs in the 1950s.
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C.
Vera Webster
Vera Webster is a villainous character in the film "Superman III," known as the ambitious and ruthless sister of industrialist Ross Webster who becomes partially transformed into a cyborg.
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D.
Ruth Ellsworth
Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
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E.
Vivian Burnett
Vivian Burnett was the son of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett, known primarily in relation to his mother's life and 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: Vera Stark Triple: [By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, mainCharacter, Vera Stark]
Generated description
Vera Stark is the fictional African American maid-turned-actress at the center of Lynn Nottage’s play "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," which explores race, representation, and Hollywood’s treatment of Black performers across decades.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera Stark Target entity description: Vera Stark is the fictional African American maid-turned-actress at the center of Lynn Nottage’s play "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," which explores race, representation, and Hollywood’s treatment of Black performers across decades.
-
A.
Dorothy Stine
Dorothy Stine was the first wife of English actor Boris Karloff, best known for his iconic roles in classic horror films.
-
B.
Vera Matson
Vera Matson was an American lyricist best known for being credited as a co-writer on several Elvis Presley songs in the 1950s.
-
C.
Vera Webster
Vera Webster is a villainous character in the film "Superman III," known as the ambitious and ruthless sister of industrialist Ross Webster who becomes partially transformed into a cyborg.
-
D.
Ruth Ellsworth
Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
-
E.
Vivian Burnett
Vivian Burnett was the son of British-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett, known primarily in relation to his mother's life and 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_69d6aa979bdc8190bf0e79104cc098c1 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d797d2feb881909a5684721e8b0d9c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3753451e08190bc42ab99d01926f9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e37ab93e0881909d98f96073a55ae8 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e37c97b34081908b274ff52a12d450 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.