Triple
T8024922
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien |
E186829
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edith Mary Tolkien |
E179854
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Edith Mary Tolkien | Statement: [Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, mother, Edith Mary Tolkien]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edith Mary Tolkien Context triple: [Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, mother, Edith Mary Tolkien]
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A.
Edith Tolkien
chosen
Edith Tolkien was the wife and lifelong muse of author J. R. R. Tolkien, inspiring characters such as Lúthien in his Middle-earth legendarium.
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B.
Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien
Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien was the youngest and only daughter of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for preserving and promoting her father's literary legacy.
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C.
Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien
Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien was the second son of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for his career as a schoolteacher and his role in preserving and promoting his father's literary legacy.
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D.
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was a British editor, academic, and literary executor best known for posthumously editing and publishing many of his father J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, including The Silmarillion.
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E.
John Francis Reuel Tolkien
John Francis Reuel Tolkien was the eldest son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, who became a Roman Catholic priest and served as a spiritual advisor to his father.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82ad4e2c8190a693e3c9e30fe66f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3ec9983c8190b468c13f5b5beb63 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56d41ec08190a19cb28e2e4b5bfe |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:21 p.m.