Triple
T19583602
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Methuselah’s Children |
E490054
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mary Sperling |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Sperling | Statement: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Mary Sperling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Sperling Context triple: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Mary Sperling]
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A.
Peggy Maurer
Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
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B.
Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons is an American academic leader and trailblazing university president, best known as the first Black president of an Ivy League institution (Brown University) and for her influential work in higher education and civil rights.
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C.
Jane K. Sather
Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
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D.
Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann is an American political philosopher and academic leader best known for her work on democratic theory and for serving as president of the University of Pennsylvania.
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E.
Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine S. Edwards was an American politician and the wife of Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, briefly appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1972.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Sperling Target entity description: Mary Sperling is a central character in Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "Methuselah’s Children," known as one of the long-lived members of the Howard Families who struggles with the social and ethical implications of extended human lifespan.
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A.
Peggy Maurer
Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
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B.
Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons is an American academic leader and trailblazing university president, best known as the first Black president of an Ivy League institution (Brown University) and for her influential work in higher education and civil rights.
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C.
Jane K. Sather
Jane K. Sather was a prominent philanthropist and benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, whose donations funded several iconic campus landmarks.
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D.
Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann is an American political philosopher and academic leader best known for her work on democratic theory and for serving as president of the University of Pennsylvania.
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E.
Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine S. Edwards was an American politician and the wife of Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, briefly appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1972.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6404f34b081908aeb9cc9a5ddf539 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.