Triple

T20453817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lesley Frost Ballantine E501722 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joseph Ballantine
Joseph Ballantine was an American diplomat and Far Eastern affairs specialist in the U.S. State Department during the early to mid-20th century.
E1431289 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: Joseph Ballantine | Statement: [Lesley Frost Ballantine, spouse, Joseph Ballantine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Ballantine
Context triple: [Lesley Frost Ballantine, spouse, Joseph Ballantine]
  • A. Carl Ballantine
    Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
  • B. Jim Ballantine
    Jim Ballantine is a film producer best known for his work on animated features, including Disney’s direct-to-video sequel "Bambi II."
  • C. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • D. George Kimball
    George Kimball is a hypochondriac suburban husband whose mistaken belief that he is terminally ill drives the comedic misunderstandings in the film "Send Me No Flowers."
  • E. Henry Bloom Noble
    Henry Bloom Noble was a prominent 19th-century Manx businessman and philanthropist whose ventures and charitable works significantly shaped the economic and social landscape of the Isle of Man.
  • 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: Joseph Ballantine
Triple: [Lesley Frost Ballantine, spouse, Joseph Ballantine]
Generated description
Joseph Ballantine was an American diplomat and Far Eastern affairs specialist in the U.S. State Department during the early to mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Ballantine
Target entity description: Joseph Ballantine was an American diplomat and Far Eastern affairs specialist in the U.S. State Department during the early to mid-20th century.
  • A. Carl Ballantine
    Carl Ballantine was an American actor and comedian best known for his pioneering comedy magic act and his role as the scheming Lester Gruber on the TV series "McHale's Navy."
  • B. Jim Ballantine
    Jim Ballantine is a film producer best known for his work on animated features, including Disney’s direct-to-video sequel "Bambi II."
  • C. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • D. George Kimball
    George Kimball is a hypochondriac suburban husband whose mistaken belief that he is terminally ill drives the comedic misunderstandings in the film "Send Me No Flowers."
  • E. Henry Bloom Noble
    Henry Bloom Noble was a prominent 19th-century Manx businessman and philanthropist whose ventures and charitable works significantly shaped the economic and social landscape of the Isle of Man.
  • 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_69e0b4ad4940819098cf2ff6413574e5 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e68d04ca4081909b428c31d16fca10 completed April 20, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08840caccc819082423d0dae166082 completed May 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08854ba1bc8190854e106993681272 completed May 16, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0886140858819088f0b09a9903dada completed May 16, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:32 a.m.