Triple
T14535799
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Steig |
E341039
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entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Elizabeth Mead Steig
Elizabeth Mead Steig was an American artist and illustrator best known for her work in children’s literature and her collaborations with her husband, cartoonist and author William Steig.
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E1104431
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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: Elizabeth Mead Steig | Statement: [William Steig, spouse, Elizabeth Mead Steig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Mead Steig Context triple: [William Steig, spouse, Elizabeth Mead Steig]
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A.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
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B.
Susan Shipton
Susan Shipton is a Canadian film editor known for her work on numerous acclaimed feature films, including collaborations with prominent directors such as Atom Egoyan.
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C.
Virginia Katherine McMath
Virginia Katherine McMath, better known as Ginger Rogers, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her iconic film musicals with Fred Astaire during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Margeurite Davidson
Margeurite Davidson was the wife of influential American philosopher Donald Davidson.
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E.
Helene Hadfield
Helene Hadfield is the wife of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and is known for her role in supporting his space career and public outreach.
- 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: Elizabeth Mead Steig Triple: [William Steig, spouse, Elizabeth Mead Steig]
Generated description
Elizabeth Mead Steig was an American artist and illustrator best known for her work in children’s literature and her collaborations with her husband, cartoonist and author William Steig.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Mead Steig Target entity description: Elizabeth Mead Steig was an American artist and illustrator best known for her work in children’s literature and her collaborations with her husband, cartoonist and author William Steig.
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A.
Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell is a central character in the satirical television sitcom "Soap," known for her role in the show's parody of daytime soap opera tropes.
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B.
Susan Shipton
Susan Shipton is a Canadian film editor known for her work on numerous acclaimed feature films, including collaborations with prominent directors such as Atom Egoyan.
-
C.
Virginia Katherine McMath
Virginia Katherine McMath, better known as Ginger Rogers, was an American actress, singer, and dancer famed for her iconic film musicals with Fred Astaire during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Margeurite Davidson
Margeurite Davidson was the wife of influential American philosopher Donald Davidson.
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E.
Helene Hadfield
Helene Hadfield is the wife of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and is known for her role in supporting his space career and public outreach.
- 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb1b9d39881908c7a3a5b17d432af |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a5ae04881909e7eb766fca33066 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7b0160a08190ae181eb7acb3b6bc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7be778dc81908b0602bab944330a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.