Triple
T14650989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Katha Pollitt |
E343983
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pollitt
Pollitt is the surname of Katha Pollitt, an American feminist writer, poet, and long-time columnist for The Nation.
|
E1112151
|
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: Pollitt | Statement: [Katha Pollitt, familyName, Pollitt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pollitt Context triple: [Katha Pollitt, familyName, Pollitt]
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A.
Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee is a prominent British journalist and political commentator, known for her long-standing column in The Guardian and her advocacy for social democracy and secularism.
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B.
Big Mama Pollitt
Big Mama Pollitt is the emotionally devoted, long-suffering matriarch of the Pollitt family in Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
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C.
Pippa Norris
Pippa Norris is a prominent political scientist known for her influential research on democracy, public opinion, and political communications.
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D.
Michelle Mallon
Michelle Mallon is a loud, rebellious, and hilariously outspoken teenager in the sitcom "Derry Girls," known for her wild ideas and unapologetic attitude.
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E.
Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr is a British investigative journalist and author best known for her reporting on the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal and its impact on democracy.
- 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: Pollitt Triple: [Katha Pollitt, familyName, Pollitt]
Generated description
Pollitt is the surname of Katha Pollitt, an American feminist writer, poet, and long-time columnist for The Nation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pollitt Target entity description: Pollitt is the surname of Katha Pollitt, an American feminist writer, poet, and long-time columnist for The Nation.
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A.
Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee is a prominent British journalist and political commentator, known for her long-standing column in The Guardian and her advocacy for social democracy and secularism.
-
B.
Big Mama Pollitt
Big Mama Pollitt is the emotionally devoted, long-suffering matriarch of the Pollitt family in Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
-
C.
Pippa Norris
Pippa Norris is a prominent political scientist known for her influential research on democracy, public opinion, and political communications.
-
D.
Michelle Mallon
Michelle Mallon is a loud, rebellious, and hilariously outspoken teenager in the sitcom "Derry Girls," known for her wild ideas and unapologetic attitude.
-
E.
Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr is a British investigative journalist and author best known for her reporting on the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal and its impact on democracy.
- 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_69d822e1a2cc81908e5bb93cf61ce3cc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb517e7648190b9fc73d6cdbb68de |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdd5d9ab188190934deb57fd6d9a56 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fdd6b2f6148190bb91d55833308d5f |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fdd77fdc608190a89e4dbf5ce4b695 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 a.m.