Triple

T4423407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject My Ántonia E95153 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Mrs. Shimerda
Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
E441932 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: Mrs. Shimerda | Statement: [My Ántonia, character, Mrs. Shimerda]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. Shimerda
Context triple: [My Ántonia, character, Mrs. Shimerda]
  • A. Mr. Shimerda
    Mr. Shimerda is a sensitive, homesick Bohemian immigrant farmer in Willa Cather’s *My Ántonia* whose tragic fate profoundly shapes the lives and memories of the novel’s protagonists.
  • B. Antonia
    Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
  • C. Antonia the Younger
    Antonia the Younger was a prominent Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, and mother of Emperor Claudius and General Germanicus.
  • D. Granma Joad
    Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
  • E. Rose of Sharon Joad
    Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
  • 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: Mrs. Shimerda
Triple: [My Ántonia, character, Mrs. Shimerda]
Generated description
Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. Shimerda
Target entity description: Mrs. Shimerda is a somber, homesick Bohemian immigrant mother in Willa Cather’s novel "My Ántonia," whose struggles and resilience reflect the hardships of pioneer life on the American prairie.
  • A. Mr. Shimerda
    Mr. Shimerda is a sensitive, homesick Bohemian immigrant farmer in Willa Cather’s *My Ántonia* whose tragic fate profoundly shapes the lives and memories of the novel’s protagonists.
  • B. Antonia
    Antonia is a feminine given name used in various languages, derived from the Roman family name Antonius.
  • C. Antonia the Younger
    Antonia the Younger was a prominent Roman noblewoman of the early Imperial period, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, and mother of Emperor Claudius and General Germanicus.
  • D. Granma Joad
    Granma Joad is the sharp-tongued, deeply religious matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
  • E. Rose of Sharon Joad
    Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554b36a48190a475ac5474bed132 completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b627f1a7a0819087652c3599855274 completed March 15, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6295218e88190a48e8bfeb2febe2e completed March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b62b05bcec8190a0c8d1c0e5a62c75 completed March 15, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.