Triple
T4666327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ballantine Books |
E102855
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Betty Ballantine
Betty Ballantine was a pioneering American publisher and editor who helped popularize mass-market paperbacks and co-founded the influential imprint Ballantine Books.
|
E462333
|
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: Betty Ballantine | Statement: [Ballantine Books, foundedBy, Betty Ballantine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Ballantine Context triple: [Ballantine Books, foundedBy, Betty Ballantine]
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A.
Barbara Follett
Barbara Follett is a British Labour politician and former Member of Parliament who served as a government minister under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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B.
Edith Snodgrass
Edith Snodgrass is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Snodgrass surname.
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C.
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.
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D.
Blanche Knopf
Blanche Knopf was an influential American publisher and co-founder of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, known for championing modernist and international literature.
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E.
Betty Jaynes
Betty Jaynes was an American soprano and film actress best known for her musical roles in late 1930s MGM productions.
- 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: Betty Ballantine Triple: [Ballantine Books, foundedBy, Betty Ballantine]
Generated description
Betty Ballantine was a pioneering American publisher and editor who helped popularize mass-market paperbacks and co-founded the influential imprint Ballantine Books.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Ballantine Target entity description: Betty Ballantine was a pioneering American publisher and editor who helped popularize mass-market paperbacks and co-founded the influential imprint Ballantine Books.
-
A.
Barbara Follett
Barbara Follett is a British Labour politician and former Member of Parliament who served as a government minister under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
-
B.
Edith Snodgrass
Edith Snodgrass is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Snodgrass surname.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Blanche Knopf
Blanche Knopf was an influential American publisher and co-founder of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, known for championing modernist and international literature.
-
E.
Betty Jaynes
Betty Jaynes was an American soprano and film actress best known for her musical roles in late 1930s MGM productions.
- 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd633d87788190a3c8946ed6995062 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be0384a1488190a59dc08766f526dd |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be05269de48190849a76b5fbd24b4a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05d277248190bf675151eca07247 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.