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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.