Triple
T11821215
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Best |
E281136
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Dorothy Best
Dorothy Best is the widow of American actor James Best, known for preserving and promoting his legacy after his death.
|
E949689
|
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: Dorothy Best | Statement: [James Best, spouse, Dorothy Best]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Best Context triple: [James Best, spouse, Dorothy Best]
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A.
Dorothy Bridges
Dorothy Bridges was an American actress and poet best known as the matriarch of the Bridges acting family and the wife of actor Lloyd Bridges.
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B.
Shirley Owens
Shirley Owens is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the girl group The Shirelles, pioneers of the early 1960s pop and R&B sound.
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C.
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone was an American film and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning role in "Written on the Wind" and her later work on the TV series "Peyton Place."
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D.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Dorothy Shaw
Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
- 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: Dorothy Best Triple: [James Best, spouse, Dorothy Best]
Generated description
Dorothy Best is the widow of American actor James Best, known for preserving and promoting his legacy after his death.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Best Target entity description: Dorothy Best is the widow of American actor James Best, known for preserving and promoting his legacy after his death.
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A.
Dorothy Bridges
Dorothy Bridges was an American actress and poet best known as the matriarch of the Bridges acting family and the wife of actor Lloyd Bridges.
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B.
Shirley Owens
Shirley Owens is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the girl group The Shirelles, pioneers of the early 1960s pop and R&B sound.
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C.
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone was an American film and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning role in "Written on the Wind" and her later work on the TV series "Peyton Place."
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D.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Dorothy Shaw
Dorothy Shaw is the witty, down-to-earth brunette showgirl and best friend of Lorelei Lee in the musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
- 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a5e87e488190905bc3bb6d721e56 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f1671989f88190b8c1fb520435a25e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f16e31ebfc81908255e24b96bf9a99 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f1a09eae7481908200709ae9721d53 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.