Triple

T5066619
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert A. Heinlein E114158 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Virginia Heinlein
Virginia Heinlein was an American chemist, engineer, and the influential third wife and collaborator of science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein.
E493453 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: Virginia Heinlein | Statement: [Robert A. Heinlein, spouse, Virginia Heinlein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Heinlein
Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, spouse, Virginia Heinlein]
  • A. Robert A. Heinlein
    Robert A. Heinlein was a pioneering American science fiction author, often called the "dean of science fiction writers," known for influential works like "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers."
  • B. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • C. Philip Wylie
    Philip Wylie was an American author and screenwriter known for his influential science fiction and social commentary works in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Murray Leinster
    Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • E. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • 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: Virginia Heinlein
Triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, spouse, Virginia Heinlein]
Generated description
Virginia Heinlein was an American chemist, engineer, and the influential third wife and collaborator of science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Heinlein
Target entity description: Virginia Heinlein was an American chemist, engineer, and the influential third wife and collaborator of science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein.
  • A. Robert A. Heinlein
    Robert A. Heinlein was a pioneering American science fiction author, often called the "dean of science fiction writers," known for influential works like "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers."
  • B. Frederik Pohl
    Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
  • C. Philip Wylie
    Philip Wylie was an American author and screenwriter known for his influential science fiction and social commentary works in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Murray Leinster
    Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
  • E. Hal Clement
    Hal Clement was an American science fiction writer renowned for his rigorously scientific, hard-SF worldbuilding and influential works during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
  • 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_69bd443c0c8c81908663b77afb28e165 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd749aceac8190817278266308fd64 completed March 20, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba659fd8819081563a106fef3776 completed March 21, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebb6e82d88190a9eae9c4861f7588 completed March 21, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc0b38e88190830eb74292e00e93 completed March 21, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:38 p.m.