Triple

T20663403
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ellery Queen E507820 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object There Was an Old Woman
"There Was an Old Woman" is a 1943 mystery novel by Ellery Queen featuring the detective Ellery Queen investigating a bizarre series of deaths in a wealthy, eccentric family.
E1443736 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: There Was an Old Woman | Statement: [Ellery Queen, notableWork, There Was an Old Woman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: There Was an Old Woman
Context triple: [Ellery Queen, notableWork, There Was an Old Woman]
  • A. There Was an Old Woman
    "There Was an Old Woman" is a suspense novel by Hallie Ephron that blends psychological tension with family secrets and neighborhood mysteries in a Queens, New York setting.
  • B. There Was an Old Couple
    "There Was an Old Couple" is a Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Chukhrai that portrays the emotional and generational conflicts within an aging rural couple’s family.
  • C. Only a Poor Old Man
    "Only a Poor Old Man" is a classic 1952 Disney comic story by Carl Barks that helped define the character of Scrooge McDuck through a humorous tale about his vast fortune and miserly nature.
  • D. The Old Nurse's Story
    "The Old Nurse's Story" is a classic Victorian ghost story by Elizabeth Gaskell, known for its atmospheric Gothic setting and exploration of family secrets and moral consequences.
  • E. Old Folks
    "Old Folks" is a jazz standard popularized by saxophonist Kenny Burrell, known for its mellow, reflective melody and frequent inclusion in ballad repertoires.
  • 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: There Was an Old Woman
Triple: [Ellery Queen, notableWork, There Was an Old Woman]
Generated description
"There Was an Old Woman" is a 1943 mystery novel by Ellery Queen featuring the detective Ellery Queen investigating a bizarre series of deaths in a wealthy, eccentric family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: There Was an Old Woman
Target entity description: "There Was an Old Woman" is a 1943 mystery novel by Ellery Queen featuring the detective Ellery Queen investigating a bizarre series of deaths in a wealthy, eccentric family.
  • A. There Was an Old Woman
    "There Was an Old Woman" is a suspense novel by Hallie Ephron that blends psychological tension with family secrets and neighborhood mysteries in a Queens, New York setting.
  • B. There Was an Old Couple
    "There Was an Old Couple" is a Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Chukhrai that portrays the emotional and generational conflicts within an aging rural couple’s family.
  • C. Only a Poor Old Man
    "Only a Poor Old Man" is a classic 1952 Disney comic story by Carl Barks that helped define the character of Scrooge McDuck through a humorous tale about his vast fortune and miserly nature.
  • D. The Old Nurse's Story
    "The Old Nurse's Story" is a classic Victorian ghost story by Elizabeth Gaskell, known for its atmospheric Gothic setting and exploration of family secrets and moral consequences.
  • E. Old Folks
    "Old Folks" is a jazz standard popularized by saxophonist Kenny Burrell, known for its mellow, reflective melody and frequent inclusion in ballad repertoires.
  • 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd5afe5081909e20b796dd9f0908 completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d175206c8190b119bb1a2d06462f completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d28e02fc8190ab694673156ab0c0 completed May 16, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.