Triple

T12552622
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vladimir Nabokov E300132 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Vera Nabokov
Vera Nabokov was a Russian-American literary scholar, translator, and editor best known for her crucial role as the lifelong partner, muse, and first reader of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, whose career she tirelessly supported and helped shape.
E996093 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 Nabokov | Statement: [Vladimir Nabokov, spouse, Vera Nabokov]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera Nabokov
Context triple: [Vladimir Nabokov, spouse, Vera Nabokov]
  • A. Vladimir Nabokov Sr.
    Vladimir Nabokov Sr. was a prominent Russian liberal politician, lawyer, and journalist, best known as the father of novelist Vladimir Nabokov and as an outspoken advocate for democracy who was assassinated in 1922.
  • B. Evgeni Nabokov
    Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
  • C. Dmitri Nabokov
    Dmitri Nabokov was the son of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, known as a literary translator, opera singer, and the posthumous editor and executor of his father's works.
  • D. Sergey Nabokov
    Sergey Nabokov was a Russian-born intellectual and younger brother of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, known for his tragic life as a gay man persecuted under both Nazi and Soviet regimes.
  • E. Vladimir Nabokov
    Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, and literary scholar best known for his innovative prose style and the controversial masterpiece "Lolita."
  • 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 Nabokov
Triple: [Vladimir Nabokov, spouse, Vera Nabokov]
Generated description
Vera Nabokov was a Russian-American literary scholar, translator, and editor best known for her crucial role as the lifelong partner, muse, and first reader of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, whose career she tirelessly supported and helped shape.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vera Nabokov
Target entity description: Vera Nabokov was a Russian-American literary scholar, translator, and editor best known for her crucial role as the lifelong partner, muse, and first reader of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, whose career she tirelessly supported and helped shape.
  • A. Vladimir Nabokov Sr.
    Vladimir Nabokov Sr. was a prominent Russian liberal politician, lawyer, and journalist, best known as the father of novelist Vladimir Nabokov and as an outspoken advocate for democracy who was assassinated in 1922.
  • B. Evgeni Nabokov
    Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
  • C. Dmitri Nabokov
    Dmitri Nabokov was the son of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, known as a literary translator, opera singer, and the posthumous editor and executor of his father's works.
  • D. Sergey Nabokov
    Sergey Nabokov was a Russian-born intellectual and younger brother of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, known for his tragic life as a gay man persecuted under both Nazi and Soviet regimes.
  • E. Vladimir Nabokov
    Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, and literary scholar best known for his innovative prose style and the controversial masterpiece "Lolita."
  • 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_69d6ada707008190aaec1238117c9379 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9548444d081908f00cea1ce7032c7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f66861c7d8819090f09d4a131da402 completed May 2, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f66a8d4684819093095a1c9674a099 completed May 2, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f66bd0073881909227dfff84d8b856 completed May 2, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:58 p.m.