Triple
T3281640
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | White Noise |
E68884
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steffie Gladney
Steffie Gladney is a character in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," known as one of Jack Gladney’s children whose small, poignant moments often underscore the book’s themes of language, fear, and modern anxiety.
|
E345157
|
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: Steffie Gladney | Statement: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Steffie Gladney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steffie Gladney Context triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Steffie Gladney]
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A.
Gwendolyn Rickard
Gwendolyn Rickard was the longtime wife of American actor and dancer Ray Bolger, best known for his role as the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Frances Stevens
Frances Stevens is a fictional socialite character best known as Grace Kelly’s witty and glamorous role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film "To Catch a Thief."
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C.
Sherry Darling
"Sherry Darling" is an upbeat, rock-and-roll track by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, known for its humorous lyrics about a beleaguered boyfriend and its raucous, bar-band energy.
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D.
Dorys Madden
Dorys Madden is best known as the wife of Basketball Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving.
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E.
Esti Stephens
Esti Stephens is the granddaughter of Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen and a member of the high-profile family of model Chrissy Teigen and musician John Legend.
- 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: Steffie Gladney Triple: [White Noise, mainCharacter, Steffie Gladney]
Generated description
Steffie Gladney is a character in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," known as one of Jack Gladney’s children whose small, poignant moments often underscore the book’s themes of language, fear, and modern anxiety.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steffie Gladney Target entity description: Steffie Gladney is a character in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," known as one of Jack Gladney’s children whose small, poignant moments often underscore the book’s themes of language, fear, and modern anxiety.
-
A.
Gwendolyn Rickard
Gwendolyn Rickard was the longtime wife of American actor and dancer Ray Bolger, best known for his role as the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz."
-
B.
Frances Stevens
Frances Stevens is a fictional socialite character best known as Grace Kelly’s witty and glamorous role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film "To Catch a Thief."
-
C.
Sherry Darling
"Sherry Darling" is an upbeat, rock-and-roll track by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, known for its humorous lyrics about a beleaguered boyfriend and its raucous, bar-band energy.
-
D.
Dorys Madden
Dorys Madden is best known as the wife of Basketball Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving.
-
E.
Esti Stephens
Esti Stephens is the granddaughter of Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen and a member of the high-profile family of model Chrissy Teigen and musician John Legend.
- 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_69b2e85528c88190b1e98c680baf3fa8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2ec48bf888190a5eeac0aa2cc50c3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2ecd134e88190933e52d7f1f5be2a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.