Triple

T20453817

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Lesley Frost Ballantine	`E501722`	entity
Predicate	spouse	`P13`	FINISHED
Object	Joseph Ballantine	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Joseph Ballantine | Statement: [Lesley Frost Ballantine, spouse, Joseph Ballantine]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joseph Ballantine
Context triple: [Lesley Frost Ballantine, spouse, Joseph Ballantine]

A. Carl Ballantine
Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
B. Jim Ballantine
Jim Ballantine is a film producer best known for his work on animated features, including Disney’s direct-to-video sequel "Bambi II."
C. Arthur Richman
Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
D. George Kimball
George Kimball is a hypochondriac suburban husband whose mistaken belief that he is terminally ill drives the comedic misunderstandings in the film "Send Me No Flowers."
E. Henry Bloom Noble
Henry Bloom Noble was a prominent 19th-century Manx businessman and philanthropist whose ventures and charitable works significantly shaped the economic and social landscape of the Isle of Man.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joseph Ballantine
Target entity description: Joseph Ballantine was an American diplomat and Far Eastern affairs specialist in the U.S. State Department during the early to mid-20th century.

A. Carl Ballantine
Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
B. Jim Ballantine
Jim Ballantine is a film producer best known for his work on animated features, including Disney’s direct-to-video sequel "Bambi II."
C. Arthur Richman
Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
D. George Kimball
George Kimball is a hypochondriac suburban husband whose mistaken belief that he is terminally ill drives the comedic misunderstandings in the film "Send Me No Flowers."
E. Henry Bloom Noble
Henry Bloom Noble was a prominent 19th-century Manx businessman and philanthropist whose ventures and charitable works significantly shaped the economic and social landscape of the Isle of Man.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0b4ad4940819098cf2ff6413574e5`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e68d04ca4081909b428c31d16fca10`	completed	April 20, 2026, 8:31 p.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:32 a.m.