Triple
T12390910
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thorn Birds |
E295989
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Carson
Mary Carson is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Colleen McCullough’s novel *The Thorn Birds*, whose actions profoundly shape the fates of the Cleary family.
|
E982385
|
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: Mary Carson | Statement: [The Thorn Birds, character, Mary Carson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Carson Context triple: [The Thorn Birds, character, Mary Carson]
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A.
Mary Ickes
Mary Ickes was the wife of influential American psychologist John B. Watson, associated with his early personal and professional life.
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B.
Patsy Dougherty
Patsy Dougherty was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball outfielder best known for starring on the 1906 Chicago White Sox "Hitless Wonders" championship team.
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C.
Edith Baines Bunker
Edith Baines Bunker is a kind-hearted, naive, and long-suffering fictional housewife from the classic American sitcom "All in the Family," known as the devoted wife of Archie Bunker.
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D.
Marilyn Higgins Clark
Marilyn Higgins Clark is a member of the Higgins Clark family, known primarily as the sister of American suspense novelist Carol Higgins Clark.
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E.
Sheila Ford Hamp
Sheila Ford Hamp is an American businesswoman and member of the Ford family who serves as principal owner and chair of the NFL’s Detroit Lions.
- 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: Mary Carson Triple: [The Thorn Birds, character, Mary Carson]
Generated description
Mary Carson is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Colleen McCullough’s novel *The Thorn Birds*, whose actions profoundly shape the fates of the Cleary family.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Carson Target entity description: Mary Carson is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Colleen McCullough’s novel *The Thorn Birds*, whose actions profoundly shape the fates of the Cleary family.
-
A.
Mary Ickes
Mary Ickes was the wife of influential American psychologist John B. Watson, associated with his early personal and professional life.
-
B.
Patsy Dougherty
Patsy Dougherty was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball outfielder best known for starring on the 1906 Chicago White Sox "Hitless Wonders" championship team.
-
C.
Edith Baines Bunker
Edith Baines Bunker is a kind-hearted, naive, and long-suffering fictional housewife from the classic American sitcom "All in the Family," known as the devoted wife of Archie Bunker.
-
D.
Marilyn Higgins Clark
Marilyn Higgins Clark is a member of the Higgins Clark family, known primarily as the sister of American suspense novelist Carol Higgins Clark.
-
E.
Sheila Ford Hamp
Sheila Ford Hamp is an American businesswoman and member of the Ford family who serves as principal owner and chair of the NFL’s Detroit Lions.
- 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.