Triple
T1268967
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herman Melville |
E15665
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maria Gansevoort Melvill
Maria Gansevoort Melvill was an American woman from a prominent Dutch-descended New York family, best known as the mother of novelist Herman Melville.
|
E148477
|
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: Maria Gansevoort Melvill | Statement: [Herman Melville, mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Gansevoort Melvill Context triple: [Herman Melville, mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill]
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A.
Isabella Brant
Isabella Brant was the first wife and frequent muse of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, known from several of his celebrated portraits.
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B.
Ann Eliza Birney Russell
Ann Eliza Birney Russell was the mother of Charles Taze Russell, the American religious leader who founded what became the Bible Student movement and influenced Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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C.
William Irving
William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
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D.
Mary Jane Ward
Mary Jane Ward was an American novelist best known for her semi-autobiographical work "The Snake Pit," which exposed the harsh realities of mid-20th-century psychiatric institutions.
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E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- 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: Maria Gansevoort Melvill Triple: [Herman Melville, mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill]
Generated description
Maria Gansevoort Melvill was an American woman from a prominent Dutch-descended New York family, best known as the mother of novelist Herman Melville.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Gansevoort Melvill Target entity description: Maria Gansevoort Melvill was an American woman from a prominent Dutch-descended New York family, best known as the mother of novelist Herman Melville.
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A.
Isabella Brant
Isabella Brant was the first wife and frequent muse of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, known from several of his celebrated portraits.
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B.
Ann Eliza Birney Russell
Ann Eliza Birney Russell was the mother of Charles Taze Russell, the American religious leader who founded what became the Bible Student movement and influenced Jehovah’s Witnesses.
-
C.
William Irving
William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
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D.
Mary Jane Ward
Mary Jane Ward was an American novelist best known for her semi-autobiographical work "The Snake Pit," which exposed the harsh realities of mid-20th-century psychiatric institutions.
-
E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- 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_69acb2fa8aec8190ad68b9dc87c85cfc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb364f2d88190b20ad87001349562 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb3ce7720819095558536e0a978b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.