Triple
T792404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melville J. Herskovits |
E16942
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frances Shapiro Herskovits
Frances Shapiro Herskovits was an American anthropologist and collaborator known for her work alongside her husband Melville J. Herskovits in the development of cultural anthropology.
|
E116232
|
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: Frances Shapiro Herskovits | Statement: [Melville J. Herskovits, spouse, Frances Shapiro Herskovits]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Shapiro Herskovits Context triple: [Melville J. Herskovits, spouse, Frances Shapiro Herskovits]
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A.
Melville J. Herskovits
Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist known for pioneering African and African diaspora studies and for challenging racial and cultural biases in social science.
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B.
Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
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C.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
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D.
Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict was a pioneering American anthropologist known for her work on culture and personality, particularly through influential books like "Patterns of Culture."
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E.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- 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: Frances Shapiro Herskovits Triple: [Melville J. Herskovits, spouse, Frances Shapiro Herskovits]
Generated description
Frances Shapiro Herskovits was an American anthropologist and collaborator known for her work alongside her husband Melville J. Herskovits in the development of cultural anthropology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frances Shapiro Herskovits Target entity description: Frances Shapiro Herskovits was an American anthropologist and collaborator known for her work alongside her husband Melville J. Herskovits in the development of cultural anthropology.
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A.
Melville J. Herskovits
Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist known for pioneering African and African diaspora studies and for challenging racial and cultural biases in social science.
-
B.
Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
-
C.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
-
D.
Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict was a pioneering American anthropologist known for her work on culture and personality, particularly through influential books like "Patterns of Culture."
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E.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a798c7608190b9c79c52a1fe0859 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac1ccd40188190b5c4b9c3dc1f7554 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac1de2abf08190bae3ccdc5b7f6f9e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac1e518f648190aedea67936218178 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.