Triple

T19744756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholson Baker E474220 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Margaret Brentano
Margaret Brentano is an American editor and literary figure best known as the wife and close collaborator of novelist Nicholson Baker.
 E1395043 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: Margaret Brentano | Statement: [Nicholson Baker, spouse, Margaret Brentano]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Margaret Brentano
Context triple: [Nicholson Baker, spouse, Margaret Brentano]
  • A. Margaret Mazzantini
    Margaret Mazzantini is an Italian novelist, playwright, and actress best known internationally for her award-winning novels such as "Don't Move."
  • B. Judith Coppicus
    Judith Coppicus was the first wife of renowned film director Billy Wilder, to whom he was married in the 1930s before their eventual divorce.
  • C. Margaret Brundage
    Margaret Brundage was an American illustrator best known for her sensual, atmospheric fantasy and horror cover paintings for pulp magazines in the 1930s.
  • D. Berenice Fleming
    Berenice Fleming is a fictional character from the science fiction novel "The Titan."
  • E. Beatrice Schy
    Beatrice Schy was the longtime wife of American character actor Abe Vigoda.
  • 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: Margaret Brentano
Triple: [Nicholson Baker, spouse, Margaret Brentano]
Generated description
Margaret Brentano is an American editor and literary figure best known as the wife and close collaborator of novelist Nicholson Baker.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Margaret Brentano
Target entity description: Margaret Brentano is an American editor and literary figure best known as the wife and close collaborator of novelist Nicholson Baker.
  • A. Margaret Mazzantini
    Margaret Mazzantini is an Italian novelist, playwright, and actress best known internationally for her award-winning novels such as "Don't Move."
  • B. Judith Coppicus
    Judith Coppicus was the first wife of renowned film director Billy Wilder, to whom he was married in the 1930s before their eventual divorce.
  • C. Margaret Brundage
    Margaret Brundage was an American illustrator best known for her sensual, atmospheric fantasy and horror cover paintings for pulp magazines in the 1930s.
  • D. Berenice Fleming
    Berenice Fleming is a fictional character from the science fiction novel "The Titan."
  • E. Beatrice Schy
    Beatrice Schy was the longtime wife of American character actor Abe Vigoda.
  • 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e652923fd48190982c51c39814fd08 completed April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07c4ed3a848190bf320785dcf92b8e completed May 16, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07c5f5a2808190bab75011262f86e6 completed May 16, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07c6745828819085ea6103a723380a completed May 16, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:47 p.m.