Triple
T4756518
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
E105600
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elsie Wheeler
Elsie Wheeler was the wife of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the pioneering American comic book publisher who founded the company that would become DC Comics.
|
E639592
|
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: Elsie Wheeler | Statement: [Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, spouse, Elsie Wheeler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elsie Wheeler Context triple: [Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, spouse, Elsie Wheeler]
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A.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
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B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver was an American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, comedic roles in 1930s Hollywood films and her distinctive, austere appearance.
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D.
Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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E.
Lillian Goodwin
Lillian Goodwin was an American businesswoman who co-founded the auto insurance company GEICO with her husband Leo Goodwin in the 1930s.
- 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: Elsie Wheeler Triple: [Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, spouse, Elsie Wheeler]
Generated description
Elsie Wheeler was the wife of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the pioneering American comic book publisher who founded the company that would become DC Comics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elsie Wheeler Target entity description: Elsie Wheeler was the wife of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the pioneering American comic book publisher who founded the company that would become DC Comics.
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A.
Elsie Clews Parsons
Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
-
B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver was an American character actress known for her sharp-tongued, comedic roles in 1930s Hollywood films and her distinctive, austere appearance.
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D.
Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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E.
Lillian Goodwin
Lillian Goodwin was an American businesswoman who co-founded the auto insurance company GEICO with her husband Leo Goodwin in the 1930s.
- 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_69bd43f14cac819081c7c69803648211 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd64ec16a0819089836e4388b555f6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c787e303108190ab14b67c338b1377 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c79052fe1c819093347b6053fd67c8 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7908572308190b651c358b0e88961 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:20 p.m.