Triple

T8081397
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher John Reuel Tolkien E188623 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Baillie Tolkien
Baillie Tolkien is the widow of Christopher Tolkien, noted for her role in editing and indexing some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published works.
E711075 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: Baillie Tolkien | Statement: [Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Baillie Tolkien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baillie Tolkien
Context triple: [Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Baillie Tolkien]
  • A. Edith Tolkien
    Edith Tolkien was the wife and lifelong muse of author J. R. R. Tolkien, inspiring characters such as Lúthien in his Middle-earth legendarium.
  • B. Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien
    Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien was the youngest and only daughter of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for preserving and promoting her father's literary legacy.
  • C. Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien
    Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien was the second son of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for his career as a schoolteacher and his role in preserving and promoting his father's literary legacy.
  • D. Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
    Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was a British editor, academic, and literary executor best known for posthumously editing and publishing many of his father J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, including The Silmarillion.
  • E. J. R. R. Tolkien
    J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
  • 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: Baillie Tolkien
Triple: [Christopher John Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Baillie Tolkien]
Generated description
Baillie Tolkien is the widow of Christopher Tolkien, noted for her role in editing and indexing some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baillie Tolkien
Target entity description: Baillie Tolkien is the widow of Christopher Tolkien, noted for her role in editing and indexing some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published works.
  • A. Edith Tolkien
    Edith Tolkien was the wife and lifelong muse of author J. R. R. Tolkien, inspiring characters such as Lúthien in his Middle-earth legendarium.
  • B. Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien
    Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien was the youngest and only daughter of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for preserving and promoting her father's literary legacy.
  • C. Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien
    Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien was the second son of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for his career as a schoolteacher and his role in preserving and promoting his father's literary legacy.
  • D. Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
    Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was a British editor, academic, and literary executor best known for posthumously editing and publishing many of his father J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, including The Silmarillion.
  • E. J. R. R. Tolkien
    J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
  • 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_69ca82b662e88190b9323daab8c28a21 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb40a699388190a5b8e26524ae43e5 completed March 31, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc63fba1148190b8d0f04faa5330a1 completed April 1, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc651e3b4c81908408c9f08eca8e09 completed April 1, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc694d861c8190b504352c1fad2c36 completed April 1, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:28 p.m.