Triple

T21510977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie E530717 entity
Predicate spouseInStory P30304 FINISHED
Object Robert Crosbie
Robert Crosbie is a fictional plantation owner in W. Somerset Maugham’s play and its film adaptations "The Letter," serving as the husband of the central character Leslie Crosbie.
E1489439 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: Robert Crosbie | Statement: [Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie, spouseInStory, Robert Crosbie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Crosbie
Context triple: [Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie, spouseInStory, Robert Crosbie]
  • A. Robert Crosbie
    Robert Crosbie was an early 20th-century theosophist best known for promoting the original teachings of H. P. Blavatsky and W. Q. Judge and for establishing an independent, non-sectarian theosophical movement.
  • B. Fred Tennant
    Fred Tennant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tennant.
  • C. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • D. John Duncan
    John Duncan was a prominent Scottish painter whose symbolist and mythological works made him a leading artistic figure in the Celtic Revival movement.
  • E. John Duncan
    John Duncan is a British diplomat who has served in senior roles including as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
  • 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: Robert Crosbie
Triple: [Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie, spouseInStory, Robert Crosbie]
Generated description
Robert Crosbie is a fictional plantation owner in W. Somerset Maugham’s play and its film adaptations "The Letter," serving as the husband of the central character Leslie Crosbie.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Crosbie
Target entity description: Robert Crosbie is a fictional plantation owner in W. Somerset Maugham’s play and its film adaptations "The Letter," serving as the husband of the central character Leslie Crosbie.
  • A. Robert Crosbie
    Robert Crosbie was an early 20th-century theosophist best known for promoting the original teachings of H. P. Blavatsky and W. Q. Judge and for establishing an independent, non-sectarian theosophical movement.
  • B. Fred Tennant
    Fred Tennant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tennant.
  • C. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • D. John Duncan
    John Duncan is a British diplomat who has served in senior roles including as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
  • E. John Duncan
    John Duncan was a prominent Scottish painter whose symbolist and mythological works made him a leading artistic figure in the Celtic Revival movement.
  • 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_69e0c45c81f08190a6b8bbb70a45aae7 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e9ea863b18819080e3ff249b10ec28 completed April 23, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09e820c650819098fa5816e87486bf completed May 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09e9da344481909165fe1e17dfb6c3 completed May 17, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09eaa19be8819084e336cba321505e completed May 17, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:25 p.m.