Triple

T16215549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan E393583 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Robert Phelan
Robert Phelan is the fictional father of aspiring writer Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan in Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help."
E1252353 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: Robert Phelan | Statement: [Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, father, Robert Phelan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Phelan
Context triple: [Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, father, Robert Phelan]
  • A. Edward McPherson
    Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
  • B. Arthur Dorman
    Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
  • C. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • D. Paul Bolen
    Paul Bolen is a musician known for being a member of the Celtic rock band O'Malley's March.
  • E. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • 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: Robert Phelan
Triple: [Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, father, Robert Phelan]
Generated description
Robert Phelan is the fictional father of aspiring writer Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan in Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Phelan
Target entity description: Robert Phelan is the fictional father of aspiring writer Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan in Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help."
  • A. Edward McPherson
    Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
  • B. Arthur Dorman
    Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
  • C. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • D. Paul Bolen
    Paul Bolen is a musician known for being a member of the Celtic rock band O'Malley's March.
  • E. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • 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_69d87f1f5bd08190bd01cac0d5b9d2ef completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e227f4685c8190aa1e9304e4a62d13 completed April 17, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a014134601c81909f7f4a95d558e067 completed May 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01427966b48190ab7cbdaa139f6fbc completed May 11, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0142ff1c84819093604fe074f37660 completed May 11, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.