Triple

T12170428
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close E289945 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Linda Schell
Linda Schell is a central character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," portrayed as the emotionally reserved yet deeply caring mother of the young protagonist, Oskar.
E1155952 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: Linda Schell | Statement: [Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, character, Linda Schell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linda Schell
Context triple: [Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, character, Linda Schell]
  • A. Linda Wallem
    Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
  • B. Linda Staab
    Linda Staab is an American actress best known as the longtime wife of actor Robert Vaughn.
  • C. Linda Gunderson
    Linda Gunderson is a kind-hearted Minnesota bookshop owner who becomes the human protagonist and caretaker of the rare macaw Blu in the animated film "Rio."
  • D. Linda Gottlieb
    Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
  • E. Linda Kramer
    Linda Kramer is best known as the wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
  • 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: Linda Schell
Triple: [Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, character, Linda Schell]
Generated description
Linda Schell is a central character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," portrayed as the emotionally reserved yet deeply caring mother of the young protagonist, Oskar.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linda Schell
Target entity description: Linda Schell is a central character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," portrayed as the emotionally reserved yet deeply caring mother of the young protagonist, Oskar.
  • A. Linda Wallem
    Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
  • B. Linda Staab
    Linda Staab is an American actress best known as the longtime wife of actor Robert Vaughn.
  • C. Linda Gunderson
    Linda Gunderson is a kind-hearted Minnesota bookshop owner who becomes the human protagonist and caretaker of the rare macaw Blu in the animated film "Rio."
  • D. Linda Gottlieb
    Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
  • E. Linda Kramer
    Linda Kramer is best known as the wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d9659481909c75b12aa836bbf3 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1a5a733c819090a6710ab990c38d completed May 9, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff1afa99888190bfb60fd88d840d4e completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1bdb39b481908f0b1df595837bc4 completed May 9, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.