Triple

T1263716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard C. Tolman E12555 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Ruth Sherman Tolman
Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
E147694 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: Ruth Sherman Tolman | Statement: [Richard C. Tolman, spouse, Ruth Sherman Tolman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Sherman Tolman
Context triple: [Richard C. Tolman, spouse, Ruth Sherman Tolman]
  • A. Lucile Salter Packard
    Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
  • B. Lillian C. McDermott
    Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
  • C. Lillie Hitchcock Coit
    Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a wealthy San Francisco socialite and eccentric philanthropist best known for her passionate support of the city’s firefighters and for funding the construction of Coit Tower.
  • D. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • E. Frances Loeb
    Frances Loeb was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the former wife of television producer Norman Lear and as the founder of the feminist magazine Ms. Magazine.
  • 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: Ruth Sherman Tolman
Triple: [Richard C. Tolman, spouse, Ruth Sherman Tolman]
Generated description
Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Sherman Tolman
Target entity description: Ruth Sherman Tolman was an American psychologist and intelligence officer known for her clinical work, advocacy for women in science, and service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
  • A. Lucile Salter Packard
    Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
  • B. Lillian C. McDermott
    Lillian C. McDermott was a pioneering physics education researcher and professor known for transforming the teaching and learning of physics through research-based instructional methods.
  • C. Lillie Hitchcock Coit
    Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a wealthy San Francisco socialite and eccentric philanthropist best known for her passionate support of the city’s firefighters and for funding the construction of Coit Tower.
  • D. Frances Spatz Leighton
    Frances Spatz Leighton was an American writer best known for co-authoring memoirs and behind-the-scenes accounts of political and social life, including the book that inspired the television miniseries "Backstairs at the White House."
  • E. Frances Loeb
    Frances Loeb was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the former wife of television producer Norman Lear and as the founder of the feminist magazine Ms. Magazine.
  • 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfc8d6908190a5b2cf1051cc6d5e completed March 1, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acacb3bf588190a6d042a01dfa31e5 completed March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acad20da088190a3b55a5d46e8d951 completed March 7, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acae0392fc8190b644f4b233bbc3ff completed March 7, 2026, 11 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.