Triple

T12390875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Thorn Birds E295989 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceMaterial P2806 FINISHED
Object Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author best known for her bestselling family saga novel "The Thorn Birds," which became an international literary phenomenon.
E982381 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: Colleen McCullough | Statement: [The Thorn Birds, authorOfSourceMaterial, Colleen McCullough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colleen McCullough
Context triple: [The Thorn Birds, authorOfSourceMaterial, Colleen McCullough]
  • A. Christianna Brand
    Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
  • B. Barbara Maitland
    Barbara Maitland is one of the main ghostly protagonists in Tim Burton’s film "Beetlejuice," a recently deceased woman trying to reclaim her home from unwelcome living occupants.
  • C. Lucinda Riley
    Lucinda Riley was a bestselling Irish author best known for her multi-volume historical fiction series "The Seven Sisters," which achieved international acclaim.
  • D. Elizabeth Jane Howard
    Elizabeth Jane Howard was an English novelist best known for her critically acclaimed family saga, the Cazalet Chronicles.
  • E. Lucinda McCullough
    Lucinda McCullough was the wife of renowned American bridge engineer Conde McCullough, associated with his personal and family life during his career in Oregon.
  • 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: Colleen McCullough
Triple: [The Thorn Birds, authorOfSourceMaterial, Colleen McCullough]
Generated description
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author best known for her bestselling family saga novel "The Thorn Birds," which became an international literary phenomenon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colleen McCullough
Target entity description: Colleen McCullough was an Australian author best known for her bestselling family saga novel "The Thorn Birds," which became an international literary phenomenon.
  • A. Christianna Brand
    Christianna Brand was a British crime and children's author best known for her "Nurse Matilda" stories, which inspired the film "Nanny McPhee."
  • B. Barbara Maitland
    Barbara Maitland is one of the main ghostly protagonists in Tim Burton’s film "Beetlejuice," a recently deceased woman trying to reclaim her home from unwelcome living occupants.
  • C. Lucinda Riley
    Lucinda Riley was a bestselling Irish author best known for her multi-volume historical fiction series "The Seven Sisters," which achieved international acclaim.
  • D. Elizabeth Jane Howard
    Elizabeth Jane Howard was an English novelist best known for her critically acclaimed family saga, the Cazalet Chronicles.
  • E. Lucinda McCullough
    Lucinda McCullough was the wife of renowned American bridge engineer Conde McCullough, associated with his personal and family life during his career in Oregon.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fd0bcc48190bb1a59a3aaa6bfdf completed April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63479df38819085c5ca791c460d5e completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6389115e48190b5b556635930b0d9 completed May 2, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6397a3458819095b94ae7f9d5f106 completed May 2, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.