Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruth First E173549 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Ruth Herminia First
Ruth Herminia First was a South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and scholar who was assassinated in exile for her political work.
E680051 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: Ruth Herminia First | Statement: [Ruth First, fullName, Ruth Herminia First]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Herminia First
Context triple: [Ruth First, fullName, Ruth Herminia First]
  • A. Henrietta Treffz
    Henrietta Treffz was an Austrian mezzo-soprano and opera singer of the 19th century, known both for her performances and for being the first wife of composer Johann Strauss II.
  • B. Edith Weiss
    Edith Weiss is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Weiss, though specific widely known biographical or professional details about her are not well documented.
  • C. Bertha Alva Hess
    Bertha Alva Hess was the wife of American businessman and retail magnate James Cash (J. C.) Penney.
  • D. Blanche Oelrichs
    Blanche Oelrichs was an American poet, playwright, and actress—often writing under the pseudonym Michael Strange—who was active in early 20th-century literary and theatrical circles.
  • E. Gertrude Lang
    Gertrude Lang is a talented clarinet student in the film "Mr. Holland's Opus" who grows under the guidance of music teacher Glenn Holland.
  • 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: Ruth Herminia First
Triple: [Ruth First, fullName, Ruth Herminia First]
Generated description
Ruth Herminia First was a South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and scholar who was assassinated in exile for her political work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Herminia First
Target entity description: Ruth Herminia First was a South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and scholar who was assassinated in exile for her political work.
  • A. Henrietta Treffz
    Henrietta Treffz was an Austrian mezzo-soprano and opera singer of the 19th century, known both for her performances and for being the first wife of composer Johann Strauss II.
  • B. Edith Weiss
    Edith Weiss is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Weiss, though specific widely known biographical or professional details about her are not well documented.
  • C. Bertha Alva Hess
    Bertha Alva Hess was the wife of American businessman and retail magnate James Cash (J. C.) Penney.
  • D. Blanche Oelrichs
    Blanche Oelrichs was an American poet, playwright, and actress—often writing under the pseudonym Michael Strange—who was active in early 20th-century literary and theatrical circles.
  • E. Gertrude Lang
    Gertrude Lang is a talented clarinet student in the film "Mr. Holland's Opus" who grows under the guidance of music teacher Glenn Holland.
  • 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_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c701a74a2c81909f78ab2de7ce807c completed March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89b1aaef081908d1d181ea7c28c2f completed March 29, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89e177fd08190a6f3a70cf32365d9 completed March 29, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89e7328f4819088651b60e7af457d completed March 29, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.