Triple
T5916982
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mamie Van Doren |
E131603
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Dixon
Thomas Dixon is known primarily as the former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
|
E557472
|
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: Thomas Dixon | Statement: [Mamie Van Doren, spouse, Thomas Dixon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dixon Context triple: [Mamie Van Doren, spouse, Thomas Dixon]
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A.
Thomas Dixon Jr.
Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
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B.
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including the classic novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
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C.
R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton was a prominent mid-20th-century Dallas businessman and civic leader who played a key role in the city’s economic growth and urban development.
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D.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
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E.
L. B. Jeffries
L. B. Jeffries is the wheelchair-bound photographer protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Rear Window," who becomes obsessed with spying on his neighbors and suspects one of them of murder.
- 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: Thomas Dixon Triple: [Mamie Van Doren, spouse, Thomas Dixon]
Generated description
Thomas Dixon is known primarily as the former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dixon Target entity description: Thomas Dixon is known primarily as the former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
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A.
Thomas Dixon Jr.
Thomas Dixon Jr. was an American novelist, minister, and white supremacist whose pro-Ku Klux Klan writings, particularly his novel "The Clansman," inspired the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
-
B.
Horace McCoy
Horace McCoy was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including the classic novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
-
C.
R. L. Thornton
R. L. Thornton was a prominent mid-20th-century Dallas businessman and civic leader who played a key role in the city’s economic growth and urban development.
-
D.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his hardboiled crime fiction that inspired numerous classic Hollywood films.
-
E.
L. B. Jeffries
L. B. Jeffries is the wheelchair-bound photographer protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Rear Window," who becomes obsessed with spying on his neighbors and suspects one of them of murder.
- 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_69c0085a1ed08190a7e9a8b6323fd680 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c037bcea9c8190a34dc03857e3b80b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0c02c24cc8190a98d24f7445f59b7 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0c19665b08190ab3c66b7c6c33f61 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0c4576824819080ced71df8fdda6c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:59 p.m.