Triple

T11172801
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shana Alexander E264326 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”
“Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower” is a true-crime book by journalist Shana Alexander that examines the high-profile murder case involving school headmistress Jean Harris and cardiologist Dr. Herman Tarnower.
E908988 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: “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower” | Statement: [Shana Alexander, notableWork, “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”
Context triple: [Shana Alexander, notableWork, “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”]
  • A. The People vs. Jean Harris
    The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 television drama film that dramatizes the real-life murder trial of Jean Harris, with Ellen Burstyn portraying the title character.
  • B. The Devil on the Staircase
    The Devil on the Staircase is a dark fantasy/horror short story by Joe Hill that blends folklore and moral fable elements in a uniquely stair-shaped, typographically experimental format.
  • C. Confessions of a Married Woman
    Confessions of a Married Woman is a novel by American writer and television comedy writer Gail Parent that explores the complexities and humor of modern married life.
  • D. The Wife’s Secret
    The Wife’s Secret is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores hidden pasts and buried family secrets.
  • E. Ermine Cowles Case
    Ermine Cowles Case was an American paleontologist known for his work on Permian and Triassic vertebrate fossils and for helping establish the field of vertebrate paleontology in North America.
  • 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: “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”
Triple: [Shana Alexander, notableWork, “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”]
Generated description
“Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower” is a true-crime book by journalist Shana Alexander that examines the high-profile murder case involving school headmistress Jean Harris and cardiologist Dr. Herman Tarnower.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower”
Target entity description: “Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower” is a true-crime book by journalist Shana Alexander that examines the high-profile murder case involving school headmistress Jean Harris and cardiologist Dr. Herman Tarnower.
  • A. The People vs. Jean Harris
    The People vs. Jean Harris is a 1981 television drama film that dramatizes the real-life murder trial of Jean Harris, with Ellen Burstyn portraying the title character.
  • B. The Devil on the Staircase
    The Devil on the Staircase is a dark fantasy/horror short story by Joe Hill that blends folklore and moral fable elements in a uniquely stair-shaped, typographically experimental format.
  • C. Confessions of a Married Woman
    Confessions of a Married Woman is a novel by American writer and television comedy writer Gail Parent that explores the complexities and humor of modern married life.
  • D. The Wife’s Secret
    The Wife’s Secret is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores hidden pasts and buried family secrets.
  • E. Ermine Cowles Case
    Ermine Cowles Case was an American paleontologist known for his work on Permian and Triassic vertebrate fossils and for helping establish the field of vertebrate paleontology in North America.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e89660208190b1d9e91529f5d246 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e463c03a948190b0f40f657180c9bf completed April 19, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c37efec81908aa709587c37569d completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e47292cdd08190b05c4c8b09f4f918 completed April 19, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.