Triple

T19583602
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Methuselah’s Children E490054 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Mary Sperling
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.
E1385776 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 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]
  • A. Peggy Maurer
    Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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 Sperling
Triple: [Methuselah’s Children, mainCharacter, Mary Sperling]
Generated 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.
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.
  • A. Peggy Maurer
    Peggy Maurer is best known as the wife of acclaimed American film and theater director Arthur Penn.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 (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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6404f34b081908aeb9cc9a5ddf539 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f0f48b88190874f8cada3ed053d completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07601bb12c81909faab959182b1863 completed May 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07613541688190821fd97e069691a5 completed May 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.