Triple
T12861011
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Kennedy Toole |
E307585
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thelma Ducoing Toole
Thelma Ducoing Toole was the devoted mother of novelist John Kennedy Toole, known for her crucial role in getting his posthumous Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" published.
|
E1012004
|
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: Thelma Ducoing Toole | Statement: [John Kennedy Toole, mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thelma Ducoing Toole Context triple: [John Kennedy Toole, mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole]
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A.
Thelma Dickinson
Thelma Dickinson is one of the two main protagonists in the 1991 road film "Thelma & Louise," known for her transformation from a timid housewife into a rebellious fugitive.
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B.
Thelma Evans Anderson
Thelma Evans Anderson is the intelligent and ambitious daughter character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," portrayed by actress BernNadette Stanis.
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C.
Thelma Mothershed
Thelma Mothershed is an American civil rights figure best known as one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of Black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
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D.
Thelma Lou
Thelma Lou is a character from "The Andy Griffith Show," best known as the sweet-natured, patient girlfriend of deputy Barney Fife in the fictional town of Mayberry.
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E.
Thelma Catherine Ryan
Thelma Catherine Ryan, better known as Pat Nixon, was the wife of U.S. President Richard Nixon and served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
- 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: Thelma Ducoing Toole Triple: [John Kennedy Toole, mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole]
Generated description
Thelma Ducoing Toole was the devoted mother of novelist John Kennedy Toole, known for her crucial role in getting his posthumous Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" published.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thelma Ducoing Toole Target entity description: Thelma Ducoing Toole was the devoted mother of novelist John Kennedy Toole, known for her crucial role in getting his posthumous Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" published.
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A.
Thelma Dickinson
Thelma Dickinson is one of the two main protagonists in the 1991 road film "Thelma & Louise," known for her transformation from a timid housewife into a rebellious fugitive.
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B.
Thelma Evans Anderson
Thelma Evans Anderson is the intelligent and ambitious daughter character from the 1970s American sitcom "Good Times," portrayed by actress BernNadette Stanis.
-
C.
Thelma Mothershed
Thelma Mothershed is an American civil rights figure best known as one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of Black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
-
D.
Thelma Lou
Thelma Lou is a character from "The Andy Griffith Show," best known as the sweet-natured, patient girlfriend of deputy Barney Fife in the fictional town of Mayberry.
-
E.
Thelma Catherine Ryan
Thelma Catherine Ryan, better known as Pat Nixon, was the wife of U.S. President Richard Nixon and served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9708ba74881909b16c1e2ef5115db |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af533d188190b9c816cdc892fe99 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6b02e3b9881909387c1f70176a1bd |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6b121fdb881909a9a321794a3b8f1 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.