Triple

T14802781
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manhattan Transfer E347948 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Ellen Thatcher
Ellen Thatcher is a central fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "Manhattan Transfer," whose rise and struggles in early 20th-century New York reflect the disorienting pace and fractured dreams of modern urban life.
E1120840 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: Ellen Thatcher | Statement: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Ellen Thatcher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellen Thatcher
Context triple: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Ellen Thatcher]
  • A. Ellen Graham
    Ellen Graham is a central female character in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire," often remembered as the nightclub singer who becomes entangled with a hired assassin and a wartime espionage plot.
  • B. Ellen Kershaw
    Ellen Kershaw is an American philanthropist and author best known for her charitable work and public role alongside her husband, MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
  • C. Ellen
    "Ellen" is an American television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that became especially notable for its groundbreaking coming-out episode in the 1990s.
  • D. Ellen
    Ellen is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with meanings related to light or brightness.
  • E. Ellen
    Ellen is a character in William Morris’s utopian novel "News from Nowhere," representing aspects of the idealized future society depicted in the book.
  • 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: Ellen Thatcher
Triple: [Manhattan Transfer, hasCharacter, Ellen Thatcher]
Generated description
Ellen Thatcher is a central fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "Manhattan Transfer," whose rise and struggles in early 20th-century New York reflect the disorienting pace and fractured dreams of modern urban life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellen Thatcher
Target entity description: Ellen Thatcher is a central fictional character in John Dos Passos's novel "Manhattan Transfer," whose rise and struggles in early 20th-century New York reflect the disorienting pace and fractured dreams of modern urban life.
  • A. Ellen Graham
    Ellen Graham is a central female character in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire," often remembered as the nightclub singer who becomes entangled with a hired assassin and a wartime espionage plot.
  • B. Ellen Kershaw
    Ellen Kershaw is an American philanthropist and author best known for her charitable work and public role alongside her husband, MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
  • C. Ellen
    "Ellen" is an American television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that became especially notable for its groundbreaking coming-out episode in the 1990s.
  • D. Ellen
    Ellen is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with meanings related to light or brightness.
  • E. Ellen
    Ellen is a character in William Morris’s utopian novel "News from Nowhere," representing aspects of the idealized future society depicted in the book.
  • 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_69d822ea8b7c819097dfadf3d45545e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69decf30d044819082ac038e06481aab completed April 14, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe24c4f690819087504fcfd2df8ba3 completed May 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe264b234881909903ebfc1039ec72 completed May 8, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe26ca706881908fe0da780bd9f691 completed May 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:33 a.m.