Triple

T455587
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Grapes of Wrath E7225 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Ma Joad
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
E57624 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: Ma Joad | Statement: [The Grapes of Wrath, mainCharacter, Ma Joad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma Joad
Context triple: [The Grapes of Wrath, mainCharacter, Ma Joad]
  • A. Tom Joad
    Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
  • B. Aunt Eller
    Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
  • C. Effie White
    Effie White is the ambitious, powerhouse lead singer of the girl group in the musical "Dreamgirls," whose personal and professional struggles drive much of the story’s emotional core.
  • D. Frank Gumm
    Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
  • E. Roscoe C. Filburn
    Roscoe C. Filburn was an Ohio farmer best known as the respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn, which significantly expanded the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause.
  • 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: Ma Joad
Triple: [The Grapes of Wrath, mainCharacter, Ma Joad]
Generated description
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma Joad
Target entity description: Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
  • A. Tom Joad
    Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
  • B. Aunt Eller
    Aunt Eller is a plainspoken, good-humored farm matriarch who serves as a stabilizing, wisecracking presence in the musical "Oklahoma!".
  • C. Effie White
    Effie White is the ambitious, powerhouse lead singer of the girl group in the musical "Dreamgirls," whose personal and professional struggles drive much of the story’s emotional core.
  • D. Frank Gumm
    Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
  • E. Roscoe C. Filburn
    Roscoe C. Filburn was an Ohio farmer best known as the respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn, which significantly expanded the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause.
  • 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_69a2e7e5c5bc8190a1dc8178218fba40 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef9f772c8190863399c5ee1378fe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44f555b988190b3c060261dc811df completed March 1, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a450ad886081909e420a0a3d94c8fe completed March 1, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4510bc2e881908c724599fc2a21c6 completed March 1, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.