Triple

T11465802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Squid and the Whale E271775 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Joan Berkman
Joan Berkman is a central character in the film "The Squid and the Whale," portrayed as the conflicted mother and writer whose separation from her husband deeply affects their family.
E983508 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: Joan Berkman | Statement: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Joan Berkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Berkman
Context triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Joan Berkman]
  • A. Helen Fleischman
    Helen Fleischman was the American wife of Giorgio Joyce, son of the Irish writer James Joyce, and a figure on the periphery of the modernist literary circle surrounding the Joyce family.
  • B. Lorraine Bergman
    Lorraine Bergman was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Carl David Anderson.
  • C. Joan Jacobs
    Joan Jacobs is an American philanthropist and arts patron, best known for her extensive charitable work in education, healthcare, and culture, often in partnership with her husband, Qualcomm co-founder Irwin M. Jacobs.
  • D. Sylvia Rosen
    Sylvia Rosen is a neighbor and love interest of Don Draper in the television series "Mad Men," known for their clandestine affair and its impact on his personal life.
  • E. Joanne Brenner
    Joanne Brenner is the mother of American actress Alison Brie.
  • 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: Joan Berkman
Triple: [The Squid and the Whale, character, Joan Berkman]
Generated description
Joan Berkman is a central character in the film "The Squid and the Whale," portrayed as the conflicted mother and writer whose separation from her husband deeply affects their family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Berkman
Target entity description: Joan Berkman is a central character in the film "The Squid and the Whale," portrayed as the conflicted mother and writer whose separation from her husband deeply affects their family.
  • A. Helen Fleischman
    Helen Fleischman was the American wife of Giorgio Joyce, son of the Irish writer James Joyce, and a figure on the periphery of the modernist literary circle surrounding the Joyce family.
  • B. Lorraine Bergman
    Lorraine Bergman was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Carl David Anderson.
  • C. Joan Jacobs
    Joan Jacobs is an American philanthropist and arts patron, best known for her extensive charitable work in education, healthcare, and culture, often in partnership with her husband, Qualcomm co-founder Irwin M. Jacobs.
  • D. Sylvia Rosen
    Sylvia Rosen is a neighbor and love interest of Don Draper in the television series "Mad Men," known for their clandestine affair and its impact on his personal life.
  • E. Joanne Brenner
    Joanne Brenner is the mother of American actress Alison Brie.
  • 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63ed82a548190ab9326daef78e30b completed May 2, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6400fe9888190ae8244ccc8e8bc39 completed May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64168d23881908daee7d7cba2160d completed May 2, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.