Triple
T3201833
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) |
E67068
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Betty Smith
Betty Smith was an American author best known for her classic coming-of-age novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
|
E335062
|
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: Betty Smith | Statement: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel), author, Betty Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Smith Context triple: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel), author, Betty Smith]
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A.
Betty Smith
Betty Smith is a fictional character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as a member of Stan Smith's extended family.
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B.
Jack Kinney
Jack Kinney was an American animator and director best known for his work on classic Disney cartoons and feature segments during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Anne Frances Robbins
Anne Frances Robbins, better known as Nancy Reagan, was an American actress and the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989 as the wife of President Ronald Reagan.
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D.
Freada Kapor Klein
Freada Kapor Klein is an American entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist known for her work advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech industry and co-founding the Kapor Center.
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E.
Edith Sachar
Edith Sachar was an American sculptor and jewelry designer active in the mid-20th century, known for her modernist metalwork and association with the New York art scene.
- 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: Betty Smith Triple: [A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel), author, Betty Smith]
Generated description
Betty Smith was an American author best known for her classic coming-of-age novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Smith Target entity description: Betty Smith was an American author best known for her classic coming-of-age novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
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A.
Betty Smith
Betty Smith is a fictional character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as a member of Stan Smith's extended family.
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B.
Jack Kinney
Jack Kinney was an American animator and director best known for his work on classic Disney cartoons and feature segments during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Anne Frances Robbins
Anne Frances Robbins, better known as Nancy Reagan, was an American actress and the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989 as the wife of President Ronald Reagan.
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D.
Freada Kapor Klein
Freada Kapor Klein is an American entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist known for her work advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech industry and co-founding the Kapor Center.
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E.
Edith Sachar
Edith Sachar was an American sculptor and jewelry designer active in the mid-20th century, known for her modernist metalwork and association with the New York art scene.
- 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada9b046c8819087c0a61c4f9adeb7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bc7772c8190b286141dac5ea778 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24ca05434819080ee515b1e7bdcb4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24d19250c81908a9c3ac95b83a473 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.