Triple

T6709497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mel Lastman E153094 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Marilyn Lastman
Marilyn Lastman was the wife of longtime Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and a prominent figure in the city's social and political circles.
 E613836 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: Marilyn Lastman | Statement: [Mel Lastman, spouse, Marilyn Lastman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marilyn Lastman
Context triple: [Mel Lastman, spouse, Marilyn Lastman]
  • A. Marion Rothman
    Marion Rothman was an American film editor known for her work on notable films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the crime thriller "The Boston Strangler."
  • B. Haddie Braverman
    Haddie Braverman is a teenage member of the Braverman family on the television drama "Parenthood," known for her coming-of-age storylines involving family, relationships, and personal growth.
  • C. Dinah Manoff
    Dinah Manoff is an American actress and director best known for her roles in the film "Grease" and the TV series "Empty Nest."
  • D. Marilyn Friedman
    Marilyn Friedman is an American philosopher known for her work in feminist ethics, political philosophy, and the concept of autonomy.
  • E. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • 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: Marilyn Lastman
Triple: [Mel Lastman, spouse, Marilyn Lastman]
Generated description
Marilyn Lastman was the wife of longtime Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and a prominent figure in the city's social and political circles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marilyn Lastman
Target entity description: Marilyn Lastman was the wife of longtime Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and a prominent figure in the city's social and political circles.
  • A. Marion Rothman
    Marion Rothman was an American film editor known for her work on notable films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the crime thriller "The Boston Strangler."
  • B. Haddie Braverman
    Haddie Braverman is a teenage member of the Braverman family on the television drama "Parenthood," known for her coming-of-age storylines involving family, relationships, and personal growth.
  • C. Dinah Manoff
    Dinah Manoff is an American actress and director best known for her roles in the film "Grease" and the TV series "Empty Nest."
  • D. Marilyn Friedman
    Marilyn Friedman is an American philosopher known for her work in feminist ethics, political philosophy, and the concept of autonomy.
  • E. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • 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_69c68808d8d8819087369015270788fe completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d105b49c8190932246a727e2c513 completed March 27, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7008e6b308190a3d5db2bf4a469c4 completed March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c701be78cc8190a0848ea60908d129 completed March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7021b27288190866aef500198479d completed March 27, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:06 p.m.