Triple

T18190296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erskine Caldwell E435514 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Helen Lannigan
Helen Lannigan was the wife of American novelist Erskine Caldwell, known for his works depicting poverty and racism in the American South.
E1374350 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: Helen Lannigan | Statement: [Erskine Caldwell, spouse, Helen Lannigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Lannigan
Context triple: [Erskine Caldwell, spouse, Helen Lannigan]
  • A. Helen Callaghan
    Helen Callaghan was a standout center fielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1940s, often compared to Joe DiMaggio for her hitting and fielding prowess.
  • B. Helen Feeney
    Helen Feeney was the female civil service employee who challenged Massachusetts’ veteran hiring preference in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court equal protection case Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney.
  • C. Helen Quilley
    Helen Quilley is the protagonist of the romantic drama film "Sliding Doors," whose life splits into parallel storylines after a seemingly trivial event.
  • D. Elizabeth McLaughlin
    Elizabeth McLaughlin is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as the psychological drama "Hand of God."
  • E. Elizabeth O’Halloran
    Elizabeth O’Halloran is a writer associated with the figure Edie, likely known for work related to or about her.
  • 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: Helen Lannigan
Triple: [Erskine Caldwell, spouse, Helen Lannigan]
Generated description
Helen Lannigan was the wife of American novelist Erskine Caldwell, known for his works depicting poverty and racism in the American South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Lannigan
Target entity description: Helen Lannigan was the wife of American novelist Erskine Caldwell, known for his works depicting poverty and racism in the American South.
  • A. Helen Callaghan
    Helen Callaghan was a standout center fielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1940s, often compared to Joe DiMaggio for her hitting and fielding prowess.
  • B. Helen Feeney
    Helen Feeney was the female civil service employee who challenged Massachusetts’ veteran hiring preference in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court equal protection case Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney.
  • C. Helen Quilley
    Helen Quilley is the protagonist of the romantic drama film "Sliding Doors," whose life splits into parallel storylines after a seemingly trivial event.
  • D. Elizabeth McLaughlin
    Elizabeth McLaughlin is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as the psychological drama "Hand of God."
  • E. Elizabeth O’Halloran
    Elizabeth O’Halloran is a writer associated with the figure Edie, likely known for work related to or about her.
  • 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_69d8b90c7ec081909b4694ccecb449c6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e0016ec08190ae853dbc89865a41 completed April 19, 2026, 2 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a072b67a3248190b37c04539ecc13a3 completed May 15, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a072d8a5e108190916cd22496c048cb completed May 15, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a072e3709e881909d70f130a77fc428 completed May 15, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.