Triple

T5531060
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pierre; or, The Ambiguities E145047 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Mary Glendinning
Mary Glendinning is a central maternal figure in Herman Melville’s novel "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," whose complex relationship with her son underscores the book’s themes of family, identity, and moral uncertainty.
E569697 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: Mary Glendinning | Statement: [Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, character, Mary Glendinning]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Glendinning
Context triple: [Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, character, Mary Glendinning]
  • A. Gillian Redfearn
    Gillian Redfearn is a prominent British science fiction and fantasy editor and publishing director, recognized for her influential work in genre publishing.
  • B. Patricia Bloomfield
    Patricia Bloomfield is known as the wife of renowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink.
  • C. Kathleen Gawthrop
    Kathleen Gawthrop is best known as the second wife of legendary American golfer Arnold Palmer.
  • D. Gillian Crampton Smith
    Gillian Crampton Smith is a pioneering interaction design educator and researcher known for shaping the field through influential academic programs and leadership in human-computer interaction design.
  • E. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
    Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
  • 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: Mary Glendinning
Triple: [Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, character, Mary Glendinning]
Generated description
Mary Glendinning is a central maternal figure in Herman Melville’s novel "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," whose complex relationship with her son underscores the book’s themes of family, identity, and moral uncertainty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Glendinning
Target entity description: Mary Glendinning is a central maternal figure in Herman Melville’s novel "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," whose complex relationship with her son underscores the book’s themes of family, identity, and moral uncertainty.
  • A. Gillian Redfearn
    Gillian Redfearn is a prominent British science fiction and fantasy editor and publishing director, recognized for her influential work in genre publishing.
  • B. Patricia Bloomfield
    Patricia Bloomfield is known as the wife of renowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink.
  • C. Kathleen Gawthrop
    Kathleen Gawthrop is best known as the second wife of legendary American golfer Arnold Palmer.
  • D. Gillian Crampton Smith
    Gillian Crampton Smith is a pioneering interaction design educator and researcher known for shaping the field through influential academic programs and leadership in human-computer interaction design.
  • E. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
    Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
  • 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_69c008f9955881909bfa8348b56b4739 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f9b59bc8190a8758b3be54831e9 completed March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c124dc89a88190a219eda67e6d933c completed March 23, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c129f2d84481908808481ba48a5aed completed March 23, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c12a5235288190a8db827e1a610cd0 completed March 23, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.