Triple

T6831755
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject C. Wright Mills E157152 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Ruth Harper
Ruth Harper was the wife of influential American sociologist C. Wright Mills, known primarily in relation to his personal and intellectual biography.
 E679509 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ruth Harper | Statement: [C. Wright Mills, spouse, Ruth Harper]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ruth Harper
Context triple: [C. Wright Mills, spouse, Ruth Harper]
  • A. Ruth Henshaw
    Ruth Henshaw is a fictional character portrayed by American actress Frances Rafferty, likely in mid-20th-century film or television.
  • B. Ruth Ellsworth
    Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
  • C. Ruth Jamison
    Ruth Jamison is a central, compassionate character in the novel and film "Fried Green Tomatoes," known for her deep friendship with Idgie Threadgoode and her role in the story’s themes of love, resilience, and female solidarity.
  • D. Ruth Hopkins
    Ruth Hopkins was a member of the prominent Hopkins family of early colonial New England, known primarily through her relationship to Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony leader Stephen Hopkins.
  • E. Ruth Rose
    Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ruth Harper
Target entity description: Ruth Harper was the wife of influential American sociologist C. Wright Mills, known primarily in relation to his personal and intellectual biography.
  • A. Ruth Henshaw
    Ruth Henshaw is a fictional character portrayed by American actress Frances Rafferty, likely in mid-20th-century film or television.
  • B. Ruth Ellsworth
    Ruth Ellsworth is a composer known for creating the musical score for the game Crossfire.
  • C. Ruth Jamison
    Ruth Jamison is a central, compassionate character in the novel and film "Fried Green Tomatoes," known for her deep friendship with Idgie Threadgoode and her role in the story’s themes of love, resilience, and female solidarity.
  • D. Ruth Hopkins
    Ruth Hopkins was a member of the prominent Hopkins family of early colonial New England, known primarily through her relationship to Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony leader Stephen Hopkins.
  • E. Ruth Rose
    Ruth Rose was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ruth Harper
Triple: [C. Wright Mills, spouse, Ruth Harper]
Generated description
Ruth Harper was the wife of influential American sociologist C. Wright Mills, known primarily in relation to his personal and intellectual biography.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c6882a5b5c8190917a7db9ed36bad1 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d62992908190996efab71cbf70f0 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c89a543fb08190ad72c0a1f9927122 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c89ca54a3c819085d479c2b70ee61b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c89bc8a66481909bcdd0d2b5ff501a nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.