Triple
T1226242
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Secret Life of Bees |
E26332
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
T. Ray Owens
T. Ray Owens is a central character in Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known as the harsh and emotionally distant father of the protagonist, Lily Owens.
|
E142838
|
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: T. Ray Owens | Statement: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, T. Ray Owens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T. Ray Owens Context triple: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, T. Ray Owens]
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A.
Gary Owen
Gary Owen is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his energetic performances and roles in various comedy films and specials.
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B.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
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C.
Ed Oates
Ed Oates is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Oracle Corporation, a pioneering company in relational database technology.
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D.
Kees Cook
Kees Cook is a prominent open-source and Linux kernel security developer known for his extensive work on hardening the Linux kernel and improving software security practices.
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E.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
- 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: T. Ray Owens Triple: [The Secret Life of Bees, mainCharacter, T. Ray Owens]
Generated description
T. Ray Owens is a central character in Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known as the harsh and emotionally distant father of the protagonist, Lily Owens.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T. Ray Owens Target entity description: T. Ray Owens is a central character in Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees," known as the harsh and emotionally distant father of the protagonist, Lily Owens.
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A.
Gary Owen
Gary Owen is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his energetic performances and roles in various comedy films and specials.
-
B.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
-
C.
Ed Oates
Ed Oates is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Oracle Corporation, a pioneering company in relational database technology.
-
D.
Kees Cook
Kees Cook is a prominent open-source and Linux kernel security developer known for his extensive work on hardening the Linux kernel and improving software security practices.
-
E.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
- 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_69ac8f7391408190928cab62e34aa361 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac9013d0e881908064dbce78f22f6e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac911b6ab8819088773c2ca4e9fade |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.