Triple

T8088913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien E188804 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John Tolkien
John Tolkien is a British co-author associated with Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, known for his contributions to literary works.
E748163 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: John Tolkien | Statement: [Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, coAuthor, John Tolkien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tolkien
Context triple: [Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, coAuthor, John Tolkien]
  • A. 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."
  • B. Tolkien
    Tolkien is the surname most famously associated with J.R.R. Tolkien, the English author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," and his family.
  • C. John Francis Reuel Tolkien
    John Francis Reuel Tolkien was the eldest son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, who became a Roman Catholic priest and served as a spiritual advisor to his father.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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: John Tolkien
Triple: [Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, coAuthor, John Tolkien]
Generated description
John Tolkien is a British co-author associated with Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, known for his contributions to literary works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tolkien
Target entity description: John Tolkien is a British co-author associated with Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien, known for his contributions to literary works.
  • A. 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."
  • B. Tolkien
    Tolkien is the surname most famously associated with J.R.R. Tolkien, the English author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," and his family.
  • C. John Francis Reuel Tolkien
    John Francis Reuel Tolkien was the eldest son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, who became a Roman Catholic priest and served as a spiritual advisor to his father.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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_69ca82b7b3e88190b9041ab0ef28b3cb completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb421c717c819089dd88c30a6401aa completed March 31, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cecc0d1e148190a6c5043e681ee136 completed April 2, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece14193081909e7b36f5b5b7da40 completed April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecee1db28819095f704b96b8c6d2a completed April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:29 p.m.