Triple
T20661455
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Needful Things |
E507768
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nettie Cobb |
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|
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: Nettie Cobb | Statement: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Nettie Cobb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nettie Cobb Context triple: [Needful Things, hasCharacter, Nettie Cobb]
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A.
Nettie Harris
Nettie Harris is a central character in Alice Walker’s novel "The Color Purple," known as Celie’s beloved younger sister whose letters reveal her life, resilience, and experiences abroad.
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B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
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C.
Creola Katherine Coleman
Creola Katherine Coleman, better known as Katherine Johnson, was an African American mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights at NASA.
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D.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
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E.
Mabel Thompson
Mabel Thompson is the first wife of Atlantic City political boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series "Boardwalk Empire."
- 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: Nettie Cobb Target entity description: Nettie Cobb is a troubled Castle Rock resident whose escalating conflict and tragic fate play a key role in the events of Stephen King’s novel "Needful Things."
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A.
Nettie Harris
Nettie Harris is a central character in Alice Walker’s novel "The Color Purple," known as Celie’s beloved younger sister whose letters reveal her life, resilience, and experiences abroad.
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B.
Otelia Cox
Otelia Cox is the wife of American actor Tony Cox, known for his roles in films such as "Bad Santa" and "Me, Myself & Irene."
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C.
Creola Katherine Coleman
Creola Katherine Coleman, better known as Katherine Johnson, was an African American mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights at NASA.
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D.
Fannie N. Smith
Fannie N. Smith was the first wife of African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington, with whom she shared the early years of his rise to prominence.
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E.
Mabel Thompson
Mabel Thompson is the first wife of Atlantic City political boss Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the television series "Boardwalk Empire."
- 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6b2f2ee4081908df9ba897c9dfc98 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.