Triple

T2128181
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop) E46471 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Sylvia Whitman
Sylvia Whitman is a British-American bookseller and literary figure best known for running the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, continuing her father George Whitman’s legacy as a hub for writers and readers.
E361307 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: Sylvia Whitman | Statement: [Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop), operatedBy, Sylvia Whitman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvia Whitman
Context triple: [Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop), operatedBy, Sylvia Whitman]
  • A. Kate Wollman
    Kate Wollman was a philanthropist whose donation funded the construction of the famous Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park.
  • B. Sondra Spriggs
    Sondra Spriggs is known as the former spouse of American actor Mykelti Williamson.
  • C. Mary Wheeler
    Mary Wheeler is a sibling of the renowned American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
  • D. Nancy Wheeler
    Nancy Wheeler is a determined and resourceful teenager in the series "Stranger Things," known for her investigative instincts and courage in confronting supernatural threats.
  • E. Eileen Sanger
    Eileen Sanger is known as the spouse of Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia.
  • 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: Sylvia Whitman
Triple: [Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop), operatedBy, Sylvia Whitman]
Generated description
Sylvia Whitman is a British-American bookseller and literary figure best known for running the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, continuing her father George Whitman’s legacy as a hub for writers and readers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvia Whitman
Target entity description: Sylvia Whitman is a British-American bookseller and literary figure best known for running the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, continuing her father George Whitman’s legacy as a hub for writers and readers.
  • A. Kate Wollman
    Kate Wollman was a philanthropist whose donation funded the construction of the famous Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park.
  • B. Sondra Spriggs
    Sondra Spriggs is known as the former spouse of American actor Mykelti Williamson.
  • C. Mary Wheeler
    Mary Wheeler is a sibling of the renowned American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
  • D. Nancy Wheeler
    Nancy Wheeler is a determined and resourceful teenager in the series "Stranger Things," known for her investigative instincts and courage in confronting supernatural threats.
  • E. Eileen Sanger
    Eileen Sanger is known as the spouse of Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia.
  • 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_69a88a1626548190ae59a5028c3baa8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb7659f48190871cb27faf47e18a completed March 7, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b367d99b548190981f471e167198da completed March 13, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b36b9562a881908e424260db3abeac completed March 13, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36bf6c16481908f95e5f2c2aed5ed completed March 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.