Triple

T3893333
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In a Lonely Place E88111 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
 E398721 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: Dorothy B. Hughes | Statement: [In a Lonely Place, basedOnAuthor, Dorothy B. Hughes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dorothy B. Hughes
Context triple: [In a Lonely Place, basedOnAuthor, Dorothy B. Hughes]
  • A. Margaret Millar
    Margaret Millar was a Canadian-American mystery and suspense novelist renowned for her psychologically complex crime fiction and influential contributions to mid-20th-century detective literature.
  • B. Jean Stafford
    Jean Stafford was an American novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically acute fiction and for winning the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
  • C. Rosemary Harris
    Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
  • D. Helen Gardner
    Helen Gardner is a noted literary scholar and critic, best known for her influential work on English poetry and Renaissance literature.
  • E. Ethel Pyle
    Ethel Pyle is the daughter of American heiress and socialite Ethel du Pont.
  • 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: Dorothy B. Hughes
Triple: [In a Lonely Place, basedOnAuthor, Dorothy B. Hughes]
Generated description
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dorothy B. Hughes
Target entity description: Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
  • A. Margaret Millar
    Margaret Millar was a Canadian-American mystery and suspense novelist renowned for her psychologically complex crime fiction and influential contributions to mid-20th-century detective literature.
  • B. Jean Stafford
    Jean Stafford was an American novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically acute fiction and for winning the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
  • C. Rosemary Harris
    Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
  • D. Helen Gardner
    Helen Gardner is a noted literary scholar and critic, best known for her influential work on English poetry and Renaissance literature.
  • E. Ethel Pyle
    Ethel Pyle is the daughter of American heiress and socialite Ethel du Pont.
  • 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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecce860c8190b16eca2e14f6544f completed March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5284cf70481909e4efa1baf1b8815 completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b528eb52048190a1f1d97db958f70a completed March 14, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b529938d188190ab9bc1794ca062f3 completed March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.