Triple

T18600539
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruth Foster Dead E454607 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Foster family
The Foster family is a fictional household featured in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known for its complex dynamics and influence on the character Ruth Foster Dead.
E454607 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: Foster family | Statement: [Ruth Foster Dead, memberOf, Foster family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foster family
Context triple: [Ruth Foster Dead, memberOf, Foster family]
  • A. the Foster family
    The Foster family is a central fictional household in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom much of the story’s generational history and interpersonal conflict revolves.
  • B. The Meminger family (foster arrangement)
    The Meminger family (foster arrangement) is the foster household in the fictional town of Molching that takes in Liesel Meminger in Markus Zusak’s novel "The Book Thief."
  • C. Willing family
    The Willing family is a prominent American lineage known for its influential roles in commerce, politics, and society, particularly in Philadelphia during the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • D. Family Nest
    Family Nest is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr that portrays the claustrophobic tensions of a young couple forced to live with extended family in a cramped apartment.
  • E. Born family
    The Born family is a prominent German-Jewish intellectual family best known for physicist and Nobel laureate Max Born and his descendants, who have made significant contributions to science, academia, and the arts.
  • 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: Foster family
Triple: [Ruth Foster Dead, memberOf, Foster family]
Generated description
The Foster family is a fictional household featured in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known for its complex dynamics and influence on the character Ruth Foster Dead.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foster family
Target entity description: The Foster family is a fictional household featured in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known for its complex dynamics and influence on the character Ruth Foster Dead.
  • A. the Foster family chosen
    The Foster family is a central fictional household in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom much of the story’s generational history and interpersonal conflict revolves.
  • B. The Meminger family (foster arrangement)
    The Meminger family (foster arrangement) is the foster household in the fictional town of Molching that takes in Liesel Meminger in Markus Zusak’s novel "The Book Thief."
  • C. Willing family
    The Willing family is a prominent American lineage known for its influential roles in commerce, politics, and society, particularly in Philadelphia during the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • D. Family Nest
    Family Nest is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr that portrays the claustrophobic tensions of a young couple forced to live with extended family in a cramped apartment.
  • E. Born family
    The Born family is a prominent German-Jewish intellectual family best known for physicist and Nobel laureate Max Born and his descendants, who have made significant contributions to science, academia, and the arts.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5475018548190a2f497081af7ce55 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050381bacc81909f416e8b9910f046 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0504ff8c6c8190a211b3f3e30229b4 completed May 13, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0505606bf88190afe635b2517d170b completed May 13, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.