Triple
T18488455
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fifth Business |
E451751
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Dempster
Mary Dempster is a pivotal, saint-like yet tragic figure in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose perceived madness and miracles profoundly shape the protagonist's life and beliefs.
|
E1331722
|
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: Mary Dempster | Statement: [Fifth Business, mainCharacter, Mary Dempster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Dempster Context triple: [Fifth Business, mainCharacter, Mary Dempster]
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A.
Carol Dempster
Carol Dempster was an American silent film actress best known as one of director D. W. Griffith’s leading ladies in the 1920s.
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B.
Elizabeth Dempster
Elizabeth Dempster was the sister of English landowner and Sutton Hoo patron Edith Pretty, belonging to the same prominent early 20th-century family.
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C.
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson is the birth name of Tipper Gore, the American social issues advocate and former Second Lady of the United States.
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D.
Marion Stirling
Marion Stirling was an American archaeologist and researcher known for her work alongside her husband Matthew Stirling in the study of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
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E.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
- 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: Mary Dempster Triple: [Fifth Business, mainCharacter, Mary Dempster]
Generated description
Mary Dempster is a pivotal, saint-like yet tragic figure in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose perceived madness and miracles profoundly shape the protagonist's life and beliefs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Dempster Target entity description: Mary Dempster is a pivotal, saint-like yet tragic figure in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose perceived madness and miracles profoundly shape the protagonist's life and beliefs.
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A.
Carol Dempster
Carol Dempster was an American silent film actress best known as one of director D. W. Griffith’s leading ladies in the 1920s.
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B.
Elizabeth Dempster
Elizabeth Dempster was the sister of English landowner and Sutton Hoo patron Edith Pretty, belonging to the same prominent early 20th-century family.
-
C.
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson is the birth name of Tipper Gore, the American social issues advocate and former Second Lady of the United States.
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D.
Marion Stirling
Marion Stirling was an American archaeologist and researcher known for her work alongside her husband Matthew Stirling in the study of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
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E.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
- 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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e531d8bac4819099306abbf78b9565 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a04f87a006c8190a2684ee6da79d8fd |
completed | May 13, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a04f9fc493881909ba9159748d4f3fb |
completed | May 13, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a04fad8daa88190961d643d30a52aa7 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.