Triple

T277151
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Marcuse E5273 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Erica Sherover
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
 E136672 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: Erica Sherover | Statement: [Herbert Marcuse, spouse, Erica Sherover]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Erica Sherover
Context triple: [Herbert Marcuse, spouse, Erica Sherover]
  • A. Colleen Sostorics
    Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
  • B. Maria Newman
    Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
  • C. Judith Nelson
    Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
  • D. Mary Newman
    Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
  • E. Suzanne Goldberg
    Suzanne Goldberg is known as the wife of prominent 1960s Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio.
  • 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: Erica Sherover
Triple: [Herbert Marcuse, spouse, Erica Sherover]
Generated description
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Erica Sherover
Target entity description: Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
  • A. Colleen Sostorics
    Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
  • B. Maria Newman
    Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
  • C. Judith Nelson
    Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
  • D. Mary Newman
    Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
  • E. Suzanne Goldberg
    Suzanne Goldberg is known as the wife of prominent 1960s Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25ded68c88190b1fc595ce329aeb9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac7623e27c81909022abd9950753d1 completed March 7, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac770141a88190b71552d46fb4d2ad completed March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac777a7768819098b9d4dd771a6750 completed March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.