Triple
T1268965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herman Melville |
E15665
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Elizabeth Shaw Melville
Elizabeth Shaw Melville was the wife of American novelist Herman Melville and the daughter of Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, known for her extensive correspondence and role in preserving Melville’s literary legacy.
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E147116
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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: Elizabeth Shaw Melville | Statement: [Herman Melville, spouse, Elizabeth Shaw Melville]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Shaw Melville Context triple: [Herman Melville, spouse, Elizabeth Shaw Melville]
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A.
Horatia Nelson
Horatia Nelson was the daughter of British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson and his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton, whose birth and parentage were long the subject of secrecy and social scandal.
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B.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
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C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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D.
Mary Pollock
Mary Pollock is a pseudonym used by the prolific British children's author Enid Blyton.
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E.
Katherine Mary Dewar
Katherine Mary Dewar was the wife of pioneering Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and a supportive partner in his personal and scientific life.
- 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: Elizabeth Shaw Melville Triple: [Herman Melville, spouse, Elizabeth Shaw Melville]
Generated description
Elizabeth Shaw Melville was the wife of American novelist Herman Melville and the daughter of Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, known for her extensive correspondence and role in preserving Melville’s literary legacy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Shaw Melville Target entity description: Elizabeth Shaw Melville was the wife of American novelist Herman Melville and the daughter of Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, known for her extensive correspondence and role in preserving Melville’s literary legacy.
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A.
Horatia Nelson
Horatia Nelson was the daughter of British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson and his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton, whose birth and parentage were long the subject of secrecy and social scandal.
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B.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
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C.
Clarissa Luard
Clarissa Luard was a British literary editor and arts administrator known for her work supporting contemporary writers and for her marriage to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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D.
Mary Pollock
Mary Pollock is a pseudonym used by the prolific British children's author Enid Blyton.
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E.
Katherine Mary Dewar
Katherine Mary Dewar was the wife of pioneering Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and a supportive partner in his personal and scientific life.
- 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c03aaa8c8190bacb7de5a38329da |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acacb5b8888190aa969c0d8cc3fd0d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acad018a6881908a4c10920f377484 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acad6489448190b7b3dff089a17145 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.