Triple

T14706789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wild Cards E345447 entity
Predicate hasContributor P4244 FINISHED
Object Melinda M. Snodgrass
Melinda M. Snodgrass is an American science fiction author and screenwriter, best known for her work on the Wild Cards shared-world series and for writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
 E1163068 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: Melinda M. Snodgrass | Statement: [Wild Cards, hasContributor, Melinda M. Snodgrass]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Context triple: [Wild Cards, hasContributor, Melinda M. Snodgrass]
  • A. Kathleen Snodgrass
    Kathleen Snodgrass is known as the spouse of Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet W. D. Snodgrass.
  • B. Peggy Eisenhauer
    Peggy Eisenhauer is a renowned American lighting designer known for her acclaimed work on Broadway productions and collaborations with top theater artists.
  • C. Susan A. Houghton
    Susan A. Houghton was the wife of American inventor Elisha Otis, known for his development of the safety elevator.
  • D. Janice E. Voss
    Janice E. Voss was an American NASA astronaut and engineer who flew on five Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to spaceborne scientific research and technology.
  • E. Barbara Heinzen
    Barbara Heinzen was the wife of William Colby, the former Director of Central Intelligence of the United States.
  • 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: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Triple: [Wild Cards, hasContributor, Melinda M. Snodgrass]
Generated description
Melinda M. Snodgrass is an American science fiction author and screenwriter, best known for her work on the Wild Cards shared-world series and for writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Target entity description: Melinda M. Snodgrass is an American science fiction author and screenwriter, best known for her work on the Wild Cards shared-world series and for writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • A. Kathleen Snodgrass
    Kathleen Snodgrass is known as the spouse of Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet W. D. Snodgrass.
  • B. Peggy Eisenhauer
    Peggy Eisenhauer is a renowned American lighting designer known for her acclaimed work on Broadway productions and collaborations with top theater artists.
  • C. Susan A. Houghton
    Susan A. Houghton was the wife of American inventor Elisha Otis, known for his development of the safety elevator.
  • D. Janice E. Voss
    Janice E. Voss was an American NASA astronaut and engineer who flew on five Space Shuttle missions and contributed significantly to spaceborne scientific research and technology.
  • E. Barbara Heinzen
    Barbara Heinzen was the wife of William Colby, the former Director of Central Intelligence of the United States.
  • 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb6086c608190a66c64e23a3e002f completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff453e3d3081909f6b6e8b67a824ac completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff46e4771881909f1dc8c9d5e7e411 completed May 9, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff471fe76081909189dc5f1e2453e6 completed May 9, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.