Triple
T8319858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scatman Crothers |
E194801
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Helen Sullivan Crothers
Helen Sullivan Crothers was the longtime wife of American actor and musician Scatman Crothers, with whom she shared a decades-long marriage until his death.
|
E727895
|
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: Helen Sullivan Crothers | Statement: [Scatman Crothers, spouse, Helen Sullivan Crothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Sullivan Crothers Context triple: [Scatman Crothers, spouse, Helen Sullivan Crothers]
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A.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
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B.
Florence Dempsey
Florence Dempsey is a spirited young reporter character in the 1933 horror film "Mystery of the Wax Museum," known for her sharp wit and investigative tenacity.
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C.
Ellen French
Ellen French was an American socialite from a prominent family, best known as the wife of wealthy businessman and sportsman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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D.
Marion Hutton
Marion Hutton was an American singer and actress best known as a featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra during the big band era.
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E.
Lynn Thorndike
Lynn Thorndike was an influential American historian of medieval science and magic, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "A History of Magic and Experimental Science."
- 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: Helen Sullivan Crothers Triple: [Scatman Crothers, spouse, Helen Sullivan Crothers]
Generated description
Helen Sullivan Crothers was the longtime wife of American actor and musician Scatman Crothers, with whom she shared a decades-long marriage until his death.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Sullivan Crothers Target entity description: Helen Sullivan Crothers was the longtime wife of American actor and musician Scatman Crothers, with whom she shared a decades-long marriage until his death.
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A.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
-
B.
Florence Dempsey
Florence Dempsey is a spirited young reporter character in the 1933 horror film "Mystery of the Wax Museum," known for her sharp wit and investigative tenacity.
-
C.
Ellen French
Ellen French was an American socialite from a prominent family, best known as the wife of wealthy businessman and sportsman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
-
D.
Marion Hutton
Marion Hutton was an American singer and actress best known as a featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra during the big band era.
-
E.
Lynn Thorndike
Lynn Thorndike was an influential American historian of medieval science and magic, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "A History of Magic and Experimental Science."
- 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_69ca82e7a8a88190a32bb5cc0feb012d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f6686a0819094abc2bfd2e500a5 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc6f629a0819081635763192903d8 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdcc8439cc8190b00ce9b0781d0544 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdcdd1a0c08190aa15e665a38945e7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.