Triple
T3281637
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Noise |
E68884
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Babette Gladney
Babette Gladney is a central figure in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," portrayed as the anxious, warm-hearted wife of protagonist Jack Gladney whose fear of death and secret use of an experimental drug drive much of the story’s emotional tension.
|
E343986
|
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: Babette Gladney | Statement: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Babette Gladney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babette Gladney Context triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Babette Gladney]
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A.
Gertrude Blugerman
Gertrude Blugerman was the first wife of renowned science fiction author Isaac Asimov, to whom he was married from 1942 until their divorce in 1973.
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B.
Agathe Natanson
Agathe Natanson is a French actress known for her work in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Elaine Benson
Elaine Benson was an American art dealer and gallery owner known for her influential role in the Hamptons art scene.
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D.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
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E.
Eloise Mumford
Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her supporting role as Kate Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades film series and for her work in both television and independent films.
- 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: Babette Gladney Triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Babette Gladney]
Generated description
Babette Gladney is a central figure in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," portrayed as the anxious, warm-hearted wife of protagonist Jack Gladney whose fear of death and secret use of an experimental drug drive much of the story’s emotional tension.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babette Gladney Target entity description: Babette Gladney is a central figure in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," portrayed as the anxious, warm-hearted wife of protagonist Jack Gladney whose fear of death and secret use of an experimental drug drive much of the story’s emotional tension.
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A.
Gertrude Blugerman
Gertrude Blugerman was the first wife of renowned science fiction author Isaac Asimov, to whom he was married from 1942 until their divorce in 1973.
-
B.
Agathe Natanson
Agathe Natanson is a French actress known for her work in film, television, and theater.
-
C.
Elaine Benson
Elaine Benson was an American art dealer and gallery owner known for her influential role in the Hamptons art scene.
-
D.
Bathsheba Zylberman
Bathsheba Zylberman was the mother of Nobel Prize–winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and a formative influence from his traditional Jewish family background.
-
E.
Eloise Mumford
Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her supporting role as Kate Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades film series and for her work in both television and independent films.
- 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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb032d76c81909c568a4e56d12ce9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e851d2bc8190ba887cd1c81c880d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2e8e42ecc8190b81d1b64f9fba0c1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2e954ec18819096f31feb9e985b6a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.