Triple

T2894282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William S. Burroughs E63899 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joan Vollmer
Joan Vollmer was a central figure in the early Beat Generation scene in New York, known for her sharp intellect, influence on writers like William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, and her tragic death in 1951.
E309085 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: Joan Vollmer | Statement: [William S. Burroughs, spouse, Joan Vollmer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Vollmer
Context triple: [William S. Burroughs, spouse, Joan Vollmer]
  • A. Frances Witz Hull
    Frances Witz Hull was the wife of longtime U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Cordell Hull.
  • B. Lucille Kuyper
    Lucille Kuyper was an American entrepreneur best known for establishing Pella Corporation, a major manufacturer of windows and doors.
  • C. Mildred Davis
    Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
  • D. Ruth Fulton
    Ruth Fulton was an influential American anthropologist best known under her married name, Ruth Benedict, for her pioneering work in cultural anthropology and the study of culture and personality.
  • E. Joan Trumpauer
    Joan Trumpauer is an American civil rights activist best known for her courageous work in the early 1960s, including sit-ins, voter registration efforts, and enduring imprisonment for challenging segregation in the Deep South.
  • 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: Joan Vollmer
Triple: [William S. Burroughs, spouse, Joan Vollmer]
Generated description
Joan Vollmer was a central figure in the early Beat Generation scene in New York, known for her sharp intellect, influence on writers like William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, and her tragic death in 1951.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Vollmer
Target entity description: Joan Vollmer was a central figure in the early Beat Generation scene in New York, known for her sharp intellect, influence on writers like William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, and her tragic death in 1951.
  • A. Frances Witz Hull
    Frances Witz Hull was the wife of longtime U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Cordell Hull.
  • B. Lucille Kuyper
    Lucille Kuyper was an American entrepreneur best known for establishing Pella Corporation, a major manufacturer of windows and doors.
  • C. Mildred Davis
    Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
  • D. Ruth Fulton
    Ruth Fulton was an influential American anthropologist best known under her married name, Ruth Benedict, for her pioneering work in cultural anthropology and the study of culture and personality.
  • E. Joan Trumpauer
    Joan Trumpauer is an American civil rights activist best known for her courageous work in the early 1960s, including sit-ins, voter registration efforts, and enduring imprisonment for challenging segregation in the Deep South.
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b055f88608819087f258286b2e9e66 completed March 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b060371bec819084be721a01ca30c7 completed March 10, 2026, 6:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b060adc800819088f50b8ab07b2575 completed March 10, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.