Triple
T5537983
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard C. Tolman |
E145213
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ruth Sherman Tolman |
E147694
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ruth Sherman Tolman | Statement: [Richard C. Tolman, spouse, Ruth Sherman Tolman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Sherman Tolman Context triple: [Richard C. Tolman, spouse, Ruth Sherman Tolman]
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A.
Ruth Sherman Tolman
chosen
Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
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B.
Lucile Salter Packard
Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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C.
Mabel Loomis Todd
Mabel Loomis Todd was an American editor and writer best known for helping bring Emily Dickinson’s poetry to public attention through early posthumous publications.
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D.
Frances H. Townes
Frances H. Townes was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Charles Hard Townes and a partner in his scientific and personal life, known for her support of his career and their shared involvement in academic and community activities.
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E.
Lillian C. McDermott
Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008fa64888190adae56c8f9ea4031 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01fb19cb8819088b21e8ebef63d8b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02817cb04819088df72950c791144 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.