Triple
T11954850
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ed Balls |
E284523
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carol Balls
Carol Balls is the mother of British Labour politician and former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.
|
E956028
|
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: Carol Balls | Statement: [Ed Balls, mother, Carol Balls]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carol Balls Context triple: [Ed Balls, mother, Carol Balls]
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A.
Marta Heflin
Marta Heflin was an American actress best known for her roles in several of Robert Altman’s ensemble films during the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Corrine Mackey
Corrine Mackey is a central character in the crime drama television series "The Shield," known as the wife of corrupt detective Vic Mackey and a key figure in his personal and moral conflicts.
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C.
Maggie Fortenberry
Maggie Fortenberry is the middle-aged former beauty queen and real estate agent at the heart of Fannie Flagg’s novel "I Still Dream About You," whose struggles with purpose and self-worth drive the story’s blend of humor and poignancy.
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D.
Toni Estes
Toni Estes is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for her work in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including collaborations with prominent artists and contributions to contemporary R&B tracks.
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E.
Janai Nelson
Janai Nelson is a civil rights attorney and legal scholar who serves as the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, one of the United States’ leading racial justice organizations.
- 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: Carol Balls Triple: [Ed Balls, mother, Carol Balls]
Generated description
Carol Balls is the mother of British Labour politician and former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carol Balls Target entity description: Carol Balls is the mother of British Labour politician and former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.
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A.
Marta Heflin
Marta Heflin was an American actress best known for her roles in several of Robert Altman’s ensemble films during the 1970s and 1980s.
-
B.
Corrine Mackey
Corrine Mackey is a central character in the crime drama television series "The Shield," known as the wife of corrupt detective Vic Mackey and a key figure in his personal and moral conflicts.
-
C.
Maggie Fortenberry
Maggie Fortenberry is the middle-aged former beauty queen and real estate agent at the heart of Fannie Flagg’s novel "I Still Dream About You," whose struggles with purpose and self-worth drive the story’s blend of humor and poignancy.
-
D.
Toni Estes
Toni Estes is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for her work in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including collaborations with prominent artists and contributions to contemporary R&B tracks.
-
E.
Janai Nelson
Janai Nelson is a civil rights attorney and legal scholar who serves as the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, one of the United States’ leading racial justice organizations.
- 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_69d6ab2db38c8190b1f0ed6663ef8ada |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d90366fda8819083168c93abad27d4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f459175f808190974ac70431f35c74 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f4645a7038819089d7533715f8a430 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f4664ff9608190b23e29b3e5c1c326 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.