Triple

T8024936
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien E186829 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joan Tolkien
Joan Tolkien was the wife of Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, the second son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, and a member of the Tolkien family by marriage.
 E713530 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: Joan Tolkien | Statement: [Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Joan Tolkien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joan Tolkien
Context triple: [Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Joan Tolkien]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edith Tolkien
    Edith Tolkien was the wife and lifelong muse of author J. R. R. Tolkien, inspiring characters such as Lúthien in his Middle-earth legendarium.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E. Baillie Tolkien
    Baillie Tolkien is the widow of Christopher Tolkien, noted for her role in editing and indexing some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published works.
  • 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: Joan Tolkien
Triple: [Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, spouse, Joan Tolkien]
Generated description
Joan Tolkien was the wife of Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, the second son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, and a member of the Tolkien family by marriage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joan Tolkien
Target entity description: Joan Tolkien was the wife of Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, the second son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, and a member of the Tolkien family by marriage.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Edith Tolkien
    Edith Tolkien was the wife and lifelong muse of author J. R. R. Tolkien, inspiring characters such as Lúthien in his Middle-earth legendarium.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E. Baillie Tolkien
    Baillie Tolkien is the widow of Christopher Tolkien, noted for her role in editing and indexing some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published works.
  • 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_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_69cc93b18a6c81908a3a4bc25552d97b completed April 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc9605b8248190a621ea934c58913d completed April 1, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc96fa03d881909a1eeed6af9a3149 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:21 p.m.