Triple

T15039176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Steerforth E378554 entity
Predicate mother P120 FINISHED
Object Mrs. Steerforth
Mrs. Steerforth is a proud, aristocratic, and emotionally distant character in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," known primarily as the doting yet domineering mother of James Steerforth.
E1133239 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: Mrs. Steerforth | Statement: [James Steerforth, mother, Mrs. Steerforth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. Steerforth
Context triple: [James Steerforth, mother, Mrs. Steerforth]
  • A. James Steerforth
    James Steerforth is a charismatic yet morally flawed gentleman in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," whose charm and selfishness profoundly affect the lives of those around him.
  • B. Ernest Maltravers
    Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
  • C. Yvette Livesey
    Yvette Livesey is a former Miss United Kingdom and music industry figure best known as the long-term partner of Manchester music impresario Tony Wilson and co-organizer of the In the City music conference.
  • D. Emily Haversham
    Emily Haversham is a fictional character from the underwater-themed work "Underwater," likely serving as a central figure in its narrative.
  • E. Amy Dorrit
    Amy Dorrit is the gentle, self-sacrificing heroine of Charles Dickens’s novel "Little Dorrit," known for her humility, resilience, and devotion to her imprisoned family.
  • 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: Mrs. Steerforth
Triple: [James Steerforth, mother, Mrs. Steerforth]
Generated description
Mrs. Steerforth is a proud, aristocratic, and emotionally distant character in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," known primarily as the doting yet domineering mother of James Steerforth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. Steerforth
Target entity description: Mrs. Steerforth is a proud, aristocratic, and emotionally distant character in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," known primarily as the doting yet domineering mother of James Steerforth.
  • A. James Steerforth
    James Steerforth is a charismatic yet morally flawed gentleman in Charles Dickens's novel "David Copperfield," whose charm and selfishness profoundly affect the lives of those around him.
  • B. Ernest Maltravers
    Ernest Maltravers is a philosophical and melodramatic novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that explores themes of education, morality, and social ambition in 19th-century England.
  • C. Yvette Livesey
    Yvette Livesey is a former Miss United Kingdom and music industry figure best known as the long-term partner of Manchester music impresario Tony Wilson and co-organizer of the In the City music conference.
  • D. Emily Haversham
    Emily Haversham is a fictional character from the underwater-themed work "Underwater," likely serving as a central figure in its narrative.
  • E. Amy Dorrit
    Amy Dorrit is the gentle, self-sacrificing heroine of Charles Dickens’s novel "Little Dorrit," known for her humility, resilience, and devotion to her imprisoned family.
  • 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded82cf3848190b0b2b6c9e65bc70b completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe9de1c3a48190a9b3959a95627175 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe9fdba3c48190b1d370f7c066801f completed May 9, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea0b87db881909607bcf0df5b0979 completed May 9, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.