Triple

T8831229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rube Goldberg E210146 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Irma Seeman Goldberg
Irma Seeman Goldberg was the wife of American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg, known primarily for her association with the famed creator of whimsical, overly complex machines.
E780036 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: Irma Seeman Goldberg | Statement: [Rube Goldberg, spouse, Irma Seeman Goldberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irma Seeman Goldberg
Context triple: [Rube Goldberg, spouse, Irma Seeman Goldberg]
  • A. Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg
    Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg was an American artist, writer, and civic activist known for her work in education, civil rights, and public service.
  • B. Lillian Roth
    Lillian Roth was an American singer and stage and screen actress known for her early success in Hollywood musicals and her later public struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
  • C. Verna Bernbaum
    Verna Bernbaum is a central femme fatale character in the Coen brothers' neo-noir gangster film "Miller's Crossing," known for her complex relationships and pivotal role in the story's power struggles.
  • D. Ruth Schiff
    Ruth Schiff is a notable individual who shares the surname Schiff, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
  • E. Gertrude Shapiro
    Gertrude Shapiro is recognized as the founder of Southern New Hampshire University, a private institution known for its extensive online and on-campus degree programs.
  • 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: Irma Seeman Goldberg
Triple: [Rube Goldberg, spouse, Irma Seeman Goldberg]
Generated description
Irma Seeman Goldberg was the wife of American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg, known primarily for her association with the famed creator of whimsical, overly complex machines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irma Seeman Goldberg
Target entity description: Irma Seeman Goldberg was the wife of American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg, known primarily for her association with the famed creator of whimsical, overly complex machines.
  • A. Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg
    Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg was an American artist, writer, and civic activist known for her work in education, civil rights, and public service.
  • B. Lillian Roth
    Lillian Roth was an American singer and stage and screen actress known for her early success in Hollywood musicals and her later public struggle with alcoholism and recovery.
  • C. Verna Bernbaum
    Verna Bernbaum is a central femme fatale character in the Coen brothers' neo-noir gangster film "Miller's Crossing," known for her complex relationships and pivotal role in the story's power struggles.
  • D. Ruth Schiff
    Ruth Schiff is a notable individual who shares the surname Schiff, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
  • E. Gertrude Shapiro
    Gertrude Shapiro is recognized as the founder of Southern New Hampshire University, a private institution known for its extensive online and on-campus degree programs.
  • 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_69ca8365b28081909e48e45e95dfc405 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc604ed2b88190b4f53b34b5a438f7 completed April 1, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d04729c39c8190a88a28288653399b completed April 3, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0489f19808190b793dac8c0f743bc completed April 3, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0496ccb908190b9ebe632df1447be completed April 3, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:47 p.m.