Triple

T1650884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karen Black E35688 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)
Stephen Eckelberry is an American filmmaker and producer best known as the longtime husband and collaborator of actress Karen Black.
E185812 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: Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death) | Statement: [Karen Black, spouse, Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)
Context triple: [Karen Black, spouse, Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)]
  • A. Lygia Clark
    Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
  • B. Barbara Stephens
    Barbara Stephens was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy battleship USS California (BB-44) at its launching.
  • C. Lynne Thigpen
    Lynne Thigpen was an American actress known for her powerful stage, film, and television performances, including roles in "The Warriors," "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" and numerous Broadway productions.
  • D. Annette Courtemanche Kirk
    Annette Courtemanche Kirk is the widow of conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and a longtime steward and promoter of his intellectual and cultural legacy.
  • E. Betty Shannon
    Betty Shannon was an American mathematician and computer programmer known for her work at Bell Labs and as the wife and intellectual partner of information theory pioneer Claude Shannon.
  • 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: Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)
Triple: [Karen Black, spouse, Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)]
Generated description
Stephen Eckelberry is an American filmmaker and producer best known as the longtime husband and collaborator of actress Karen Black.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death)
Target entity description: Stephen Eckelberry is an American filmmaker and producer best known as the longtime husband and collaborator of actress Karen Black.
  • A. Lygia Clark
    Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
  • B. Barbara Stephens
    Barbara Stephens was the woman who served as the ceremonial sponsor for the U.S. Navy battleship USS California (BB-44) at its launching.
  • C. Lynne Thigpen
    Lynne Thigpen was an American actress known for her powerful stage, film, and television performances, including roles in "The Warriors," "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" and numerous Broadway productions.
  • D. Annette Courtemanche Kirk
    Annette Courtemanche Kirk is the widow of conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and a longtime steward and promoter of his intellectual and cultural legacy.
  • E. Betty Shannon
    Betty Shannon was an American mathematician and computer programmer known for her work at Bell Labs and as the wife and intellectual partner of information theory pioneer Claude Shannon.
  • 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a67c0308190a502fd9c6c0769bc completed March 5, 2026, 4:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad60a996508190bc227400cb7713ac completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad61323b308190b883c4bf2c3ca1bf completed March 8, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad622d695481909351a9c80f8d646f completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.