Triple

T10184607
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nora Barnacle E236874 entity
Predicate biographyBy P69526 FINISHED
Object Brenda Maddox
Brenda Maddox was an American-born British biographer and journalist renowned for her insightful literary and historical biographies, including a notable life of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce’s wife.
E847726 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Brenda Maddox | Statement: [Nora Barnacle, biographyBy, Brenda Maddox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brenda Maddox
Context triple: [Nora Barnacle, biographyBy, Brenda Maddox]
  • A. Diana Woodward
    Diana Woodward is a daughter of renowned American investigative journalist Bob Woodward.
  • B. Mary Louise Miller
    Mary Louise Miller was an actress who appeared in early American silent cinema, including the 1926 film "Sparrows."
  • C. Judith Myers
    Judith Myers is a character in the Halloween horror franchise, known as Michael Myers' older sister and his first murder victim.
  • D. Rachel Ward
    Rachel Ward is a mathematician known for her influential research in applied and computational mathematics, including work in areas such as optimization and data science.
  • E. Rachel Ward
    Rachel Ward is an English-Australian actress and director best known for her role in the television miniseries "The Thorn Birds."
  • 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: Brenda Maddox
Triple: [Nora Barnacle, biographyBy, Brenda Maddox]
Generated description
Brenda Maddox was an American-born British biographer and journalist renowned for her insightful literary and historical biographies, including a notable life of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce’s wife.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brenda Maddox
Target entity description: Brenda Maddox was an American-born British biographer and journalist renowned for her insightful literary and historical biographies, including a notable life of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce’s wife.
  • A. Diana Woodward
    Diana Woodward is a daughter of renowned American investigative journalist Bob Woodward.
  • B. Mary Louise Miller
    Mary Louise Miller was an actress who appeared in early American silent cinema, including the 1926 film "Sparrows."
  • C. Judith Myers
    Judith Myers is a character in the Halloween horror franchise, known as Michael Myers' older sister and his first murder victim.
  • D. Rachel Ward
    Rachel Ward is a mathematician known for her influential research in applied and computational mathematics, including work in areas such as optimization and data science.
  • E. Rachel Ward
    Rachel Ward is an English-Australian actress and director best known for her role in the television miniseries "The Thorn Birds."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: biographyBy
Context triple: [Nora Barnacle, biographyBy, Brenda Maddox]
  • A. biographyWrittenBy chosen
    Indicates that a biography about a person or entity was authored by a specific writer.
  • B. isBiographerOf
    Indicates that one person has written a biography about another person.
  • C. hasBiographicalTheme
    Indicates that something (such as a work, text, or content) centers on or significantly involves biographical subject matter, such as a person’s life, experiences, or personal history.
  • D. includesBiographiesOf
    Indicates that one entity contains or features biographical information about another entity.
  • E. hasPartInBiography
    Indicates that a person or entity is featured or plays a role within someone’s biographical account.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cded3566f881909e0d1366f501d554 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d317a4d99c8190941322d3de2998f5 completed April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d31bafe69881909c7cc6180354d84a completed April 6, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31c106c90819084c47bc0b70ddbd3 completed April 6, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cd7c79f21c8190a7f31b2eab80b8ba completed April 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.