Triple

T8378210
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert L. May E197626 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Evelyn May
Evelyn May was the wife of American copywriter and children's author Robert L. May, best known for creating the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
E729810 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: Evelyn May | Statement: [Robert L. May, spouse, Evelyn May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evelyn May
Context triple: [Robert L. May, spouse, Evelyn May]
  • A. Ruby Elaine Johnston
    Ruby Elaine Johnston was the first wife of acclaimed American actor Hal Holbrook, with whom he was married early in his career.
  • B. Sarah Curtis
    Sarah Curtis is a British film producer known for her work on acclaimed dramas and literary adaptations, including the World War II film "Charlotte Gray."
  • C. Janet Holcomb
    Janet Holcomb is an American public figure and businesswoman best known as the First Lady of Indiana and the wife of Governor Eric Holcomb.
  • D. Dorothy McEwen
    Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
  • E. Mae Boren Axton
    Mae Boren Axton was an American songwriter and music promoter best known as the “Queen Mother of Nashville” for co-writing Elvis Presley’s breakthrough hit “Heartbreak Hotel” and helping shape early rock and roll.
  • 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: Evelyn May
Triple: [Robert L. May, spouse, Evelyn May]
Generated description
Evelyn May was the wife of American copywriter and children's author Robert L. May, best known for creating the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Evelyn May
Target entity description: Evelyn May was the wife of American copywriter and children's author Robert L. May, best known for creating the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
  • A. Ruby Elaine Johnston
    Ruby Elaine Johnston was the first wife of acclaimed American actor Hal Holbrook, with whom he was married early in his career.
  • B. Sarah Curtis
    Sarah Curtis is a British film producer known for her work on acclaimed dramas and literary adaptations, including the World War II film "Charlotte Gray."
  • C. Janet Holcomb
    Janet Holcomb is an American public figure and businesswoman best known as the First Lady of Indiana and the wife of Governor Eric Holcomb.
  • D. Dorothy McEwen
    Dorothy McEwen was an American businesswoman and philanthropist known for co-founding Digital Research with her then-husband Gary Kildall and later supporting numerous cultural and community initiatives in California.
  • E. Mae Boren Axton
    Mae Boren Axton was an American songwriter and music promoter best known as the “Queen Mother of Nashville” for co-writing Elvis Presley’s breakthrough hit “Heartbreak Hotel” and helping shape early rock and roll.
  • 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_69ca82f64c188190af4e1608036b865d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80c229708190b813f5e7e44e10d4 completed March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde7fa87908190a504f8aaae125a7a completed April 2, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebf944008190b7e758ac59257e22 completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdeccedf4081909cab853ee1ff1b82 completed April 2, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.