Triple

T1243226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Torch Song Trilogy E26704 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Ma Beckoff
Ma Beckoff is a central character in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," known as the outspoken, traditional Jewish mother whose complex relationship with her gay son explores themes of family, identity, and acceptance.
E143043 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: Ma Beckoff | Statement: [Torch Song Trilogy, character, Ma Beckoff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma Beckoff
Context triple: [Torch Song Trilogy, character, Ma Beckoff]
  • A. Charles Begole
    Charles Begole was an American mountaineer best known as one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney in the 19th century.
  • B. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • C. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • D. John Pehle
    John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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: Ma Beckoff
Triple: [Torch Song Trilogy, character, Ma Beckoff]
Generated description
Ma Beckoff is a central character in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," known as the outspoken, traditional Jewish mother whose complex relationship with her gay son explores themes of family, identity, and acceptance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma Beckoff
Target entity description: Ma Beckoff is a central character in Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," known as the outspoken, traditional Jewish mother whose complex relationship with her gay son explores themes of family, identity, and acceptance.
  • A. Charles Begole
    Charles Begole was an American mountaineer best known as one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Whitney in the 19th century.
  • B. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • C. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • D. John Pehle
    John Pehle was an American Treasury Department official who became the first executive director of the War Refugee Board and played a key role in U.S. efforts to rescue Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
  • E. Joseph Buloff
    Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
  • 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf61fadc8190b7b9e23eaa15a61d completed March 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac93c186fc8190a353c8f0a90ce273 completed March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac94abbd748190851f3d53ec909494 completed March 7, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9506ec5481909014834364f4e7f7 completed March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.