Triple

T17658686
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anita Loos E440190 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object John Emerson
John Emerson was an American actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with his wife, the celebrated screenwriter and author Anita Loos, during the silent film era.
E1281748 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: John Emerson | Statement: [Anita Loos, spouse, John Emerson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Emerson
Context triple: [Anita Loos, spouse, John Emerson]
  • A. John Emerson
    John Emerson was a 19th-century U.S. Army surgeon best known as the enslaver of Dred Scott, whose lawsuit led to the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision.
  • B. John Emory
    John Emory was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop after whom Emory College (now Emory University) was named.
  • C. John Emery
    John Emery was an American stage, film, and television actor active in the mid-20th century, often cast in sophisticated or villainous supporting roles.
  • D. Joe DuBois
    Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
  • E. John Hailey
    John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
  • 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: John Emerson
Triple: [Anita Loos, spouse, John Emerson]
Generated description
John Emerson was an American actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with his wife, the celebrated screenwriter and author Anita Loos, during the silent film era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Emerson
Target entity description: John Emerson was an American actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with his wife, the celebrated screenwriter and author Anita Loos, during the silent film era.
  • A. John Emerson
    John Emerson was a 19th-century U.S. Army surgeon best known as the enslaver of Dred Scott, whose lawsuit led to the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision.
  • B. John Emory
    John Emory was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop after whom Emory College (now Emory University) was named.
  • C. John Emery
    John Emery was an American stage, film, and television actor active in the mid-20th century, often cast in sophisticated or villainous supporting roles.
  • D. Joe DuBois
    Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
  • E. John Hailey
    John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
  • 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_69d8b9e87e18819087104a44dc4dc5b1 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46ea3b4cc81908eec7032cf221d49 completed April 19, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02232075b48190a3defc74027b775e completed May 11, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02258632d081909249af799f8d2adb completed May 11, 2026, 6:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0225cb32c4819089ef592279cd64cb completed May 11, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m.