Triple
T14705035
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oil! |
E345405
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ruth Watkins
Ruth Watkins is a central character in Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel "Oil!", representing the social and personal struggles surrounding early 20th-century American oil booms.
|
E1201652
|
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: Ruth Watkins | Statement: [Oil!, notableCharacter, Ruth Watkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Watkins Context triple: [Oil!, notableCharacter, Ruth Watkins]
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A.
Ruth Henderson
Ruth Henderson was an American actress and singer best known as the wife and professional partner of bandleader and television personality Skitch Henderson.
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B.
Margaret Watkins
Margaret Watkins was an influential early 20th-century Canadian photographer known for her innovative still lifes and contributions to modernist photography.
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C.
Ruth McNair
Ruth McNair is an Australian academic and general practitioner known for her advocacy and research in LGBTIQ+ health and inclusive primary care.
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D.
Ruth Hawkins
Ruth Hawkins is known as the wife of the late English actor Tony Britton.
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E.
Ruth McCausland
Ruth McCausland is the dedicated and increasingly alarmed town librarian and civic leader in Stephen King’s novel "The Tommyknockers," who becomes one of the first to recognize the sinister changes overtaking Haven.
- 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: Ruth Watkins Triple: [Oil!, notableCharacter, Ruth Watkins]
Generated description
Ruth Watkins is a central character in Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel "Oil!", representing the social and personal struggles surrounding early 20th-century American oil booms.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Watkins Target entity description: Ruth Watkins is a central character in Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel "Oil!", representing the social and personal struggles surrounding early 20th-century American oil booms.
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A.
Ruth Henderson
Ruth Henderson was an American actress and singer best known as the wife and professional partner of bandleader and television personality Skitch Henderson.
-
B.
Margaret Watkins
Margaret Watkins was an influential early 20th-century Canadian photographer known for her innovative still lifes and contributions to modernist photography.
-
C.
Ruth McNair
Ruth McNair is an Australian academic and general practitioner known for her advocacy and research in LGBTIQ+ health and inclusive primary care.
-
D.
Ruth Hawkins
Ruth Hawkins is known as the wife of the late English actor Tony Britton.
-
E.
Ruth McCausland
Ruth McCausland is the dedicated and increasingly alarmed town librarian and civic leader in Stephen King’s novel "The Tommyknockers," who becomes one of the first to recognize the sinister changes overtaking Haven.
- 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb6086c608190a66c64e23a3e002f |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000ebbc67c8190bd930a2773edb5b2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a000f7e6338819099598bc22d31cd22 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a001025300c819084933d9c6d19fe97 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.