Triple

T15548126
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maryann Burk E370665 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver
"What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver" is a memoir by Maryann Burk recounting her life and complex relationship with the celebrated American writer Raymond Carver.
 E1163838 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: What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver | Statement: [Maryann Burk, notableWork, What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver
Context triple: [Maryann Burk, notableWork, What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver]
  • A. Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
    "Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by photographer Sally Mann that blends personal narrative with images to explore memory, family, and the American South.
  • B. Conversations with My Father
    Conversations with My Father is a Tony Award-winning Broadway play by Herb Gardner that explores the turbulent relationship between a Jewish immigrant father and his son in mid-20th-century New York.
  • C. A Writer’s Life
    A Writer’s Life is a memoir by American journalist Gay Talese that reflects on his decades-long career and the craft of literary nonfiction.
  • D. Then and Now: A Memoir
    Then and Now: A Memoir is the autobiography of acclaimed Broadway singer and actress Barbara Cook, chronicling her life, career, and personal struggles.
  • E. Conversations with My Wife
    "Conversations with My Wife" is a reflective, piano-driven pop song by Jon Bellion that explores themes of love, fame, and personal priorities.
  • 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: What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver
Triple: [Maryann Burk, notableWork, What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver]
Generated description
"What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver" is a memoir by Maryann Burk recounting her life and complex relationship with the celebrated American writer Raymond Carver.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver
Target entity description: "What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver" is a memoir by Maryann Burk recounting her life and complex relationship with the celebrated American writer Raymond Carver.
  • A. Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
    "Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by photographer Sally Mann that blends personal narrative with images to explore memory, family, and the American South.
  • B. Conversations with My Father
    Conversations with My Father is a Tony Award-winning Broadway play by Herb Gardner that explores the turbulent relationship between a Jewish immigrant father and his son in mid-20th-century New York.
  • C. A Writer’s Life
    A Writer’s Life is a memoir by American journalist Gay Talese that reflects on his decades-long career and the craft of literary nonfiction.
  • D. Then and Now: A Memoir
    Then and Now: A Memoir is the autobiography of acclaimed Broadway singer and actress Barbara Cook, chronicling her life, career, and personal struggles.
  • E. Conversations with My Wife
    "Conversations with My Wife" is a reflective, piano-driven pop song by Jon Bellion that explores themes of love, fame, and personal priorities.
  • 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04a93121881909d88ca55a39252ac completed April 16, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff455c172c8190833274cb98667e84 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff469e47fc819099d08f780ad81bf5 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff47aeddac8190a87024019ecb1396 completed May 9, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.