Triple
T21326480
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harlan Howard |
E525770
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melba Joyce
Melba Joyce was the wife of renowned American country songwriter Harlan Howard.
|
E1478604
|
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: Melba Joyce | Statement: [Harlan Howard, spouse, Melba Joyce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melba Joyce Context triple: [Harlan Howard, spouse, Melba Joyce]
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A.
Melba Helen Heath
Melba Helen Heath is the sister of American actress Dixie Carter, known for her role on the television series "Designing Women."
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B.
Melba
Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia, named after the famed Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
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C.
Melba Phillips
Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.
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D.
Melba Rae
Melba Rae was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Marge Bergman on the daytime television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow."
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E.
Melba Mathias
Melba Mathias was the wife of American Olympic decathlon champion and politician Bob Mathias.
- 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: Melba Joyce Triple: [Harlan Howard, spouse, Melba Joyce]
Generated description
Melba Joyce was the wife of renowned American country songwriter Harlan Howard.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melba Joyce Target entity description: Melba Joyce was the wife of renowned American country songwriter Harlan Howard.
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A.
Melba Helen Heath
Melba Helen Heath is the sister of American actress Dixie Carter, known for her role on the television series "Designing Women."
-
B.
Melba
Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australia, named after the famed Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
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C.
Melba Phillips
Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.
-
D.
Melba Rae
Melba Rae was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Marge Bergman on the daytime television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow."
-
E.
Melba Mathias
Melba Mathias was the wife of American Olympic decathlon champion and politician Bob Mathias.
- 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_69e0b51b90788190a4dd823d962626da |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7ab49aa48819083b3793657903216 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09a5ba86c08190b1193cb403e2edda |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09a653f0108190ac0881f63865222e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09a6e82b3881908bb85f0d7fe3d6d9 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:41 p.m.