Triple

T1226240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Secret Life of Bees E26332 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object May Boatwright
May Boatwright is a sensitive, emotionally fragile woman in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known for her deep empathy, childlike innocence, and tragic struggle to cope with the pain of the world.
E235572 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: May Boatwright | Statement: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, May Boatwright]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: May Boatwright
Context triple: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, May Boatwright]
  • A. June Boatwright
    June Boatwright is a strong-willed, emotionally guarded cellist and beekeeper who serves as one of the Boatwright sisters providing refuge and guidance in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
  • B. August Boatwright
    August Boatwright is a wise, nurturing African American beekeeper and matriarch in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees," who provides guidance and refuge to the protagonist.
  • C. Sarah Cloyce
    Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
  • D. Leontine Drinkard
    Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
  • E. Mary Barstow
    Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
  • 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: May Boatwright
Triple: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, May Boatwright]
Generated description
May Boatwright is a sensitive, emotionally fragile woman in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known for her deep empathy, childlike innocence, and tragic struggle to cope with the pain of the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: May Boatwright
Target entity description: May Boatwright is a sensitive, emotionally fragile woman in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known for her deep empathy, childlike innocence, and tragic struggle to cope with the pain of the world.
  • A. June Boatwright
    June Boatwright is a strong-willed, emotionally guarded cellist and beekeeper who serves as one of the Boatwright sisters providing refuge and guidance in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
  • B. August Boatwright
    August Boatwright is a wise, nurturing African American beekeeper and matriarch in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees," who provides guidance and refuge to the protagonist.
  • C. Sarah Cloyce
    Sarah Cloyce was a woman accused during the Salem witch trials, known for being the sister of fellow accused Rebecca Nurse and for later helping to challenge the legitimacy of the proceedings.
  • D. Leontine Drinkard
    Leontine Drinkard was a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston musical family, known as the matriarchal lineage behind singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
  • E. Mary Barstow
    Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be39908481908cca21aaf0828415 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae30355a548190af3f858170b9b82c completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae4ce6682c81908386565e674052dc completed March 9, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae4d5bd0a48190b01c74f5c8cce71a completed March 9, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.