Triple

T21610273
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mildred Pierce E533286 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)
Bert Pierce (ex-husband) is a character in James M. Cain’s novel and its film adaptations, known as the former husband of the title character Mildred Pierce and a figure in her turbulent family and business life.
 E1493315 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: Bert Pierce (ex‑husband) | Statement: [Mildred Pierce, spouse, Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)
Context triple: [Mildred Pierce, spouse, Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)]
  • A. Lois Pewterschmidt
    Lois Pewterschmidt is a main character from the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin’s wife and the often level-headed mother of the Griffin family.
  • B. Margaret Perry (divorced)
    Margaret Perry is known as the former wife of American actor and filmmaker Burgess Meredith.
  • C. Donald Roy (former husband)
    Donald Roy is known primarily as the former husband of Welsh actress Siân Phillips.
  • D. Peggy Bundy
    Peggy Bundy is the flamboyantly dressed, sharp-tongued, and lazy housewife character from the sitcom "Married... with Children," known for her sarcastic humor and dysfunctional family life.
  • E. Peggy Preston
    Peggy Preston is a fictional character from the British drama film "The Dig," which explores the 1939 Sutton Hoo archaeological excavation.
  • 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: Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)
Triple: [Mildred Pierce, spouse, Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)]
Generated description
Bert Pierce (ex-husband) is a character in James M. Cain’s novel and its film adaptations, known as the former husband of the title character Mildred Pierce and a figure in her turbulent family and business life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bert Pierce (ex‑husband)
Target entity description: Bert Pierce (ex-husband) is a character in James M. Cain’s novel and its film adaptations, known as the former husband of the title character Mildred Pierce and a figure in her turbulent family and business life.
  • A. Lois Pewterschmidt
    Lois Pewterschmidt is a main character from the animated television series "Family Guy," known as Peter Griffin’s wife and the often level-headed mother of the Griffin family.
  • B. Margaret Perry (divorced)
    Margaret Perry is known as the former wife of American actor and filmmaker Burgess Meredith.
  • C. Donald Roy (former husband)
    Donald Roy is known primarily as the former husband of Welsh actress Siân Phillips.
  • D. Peggy Bundy
    Peggy Bundy is the flamboyantly dressed, sharp-tongued, and lazy housewife character from the sitcom "Married... with Children," known for her sarcastic humor and dysfunctional family life.
  • E. Peggy Preston
    Peggy Preston is a fictional character from the British drama film "The Dig," which explores the 1939 Sutton Hoo archaeological excavation.
  • 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_69e0c46411108190bba0d4176dffc9f3 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef17e7d1388190922a90cb91ec9fc4 completed April 27, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09fd3d0d9881909d04a901cf65c211 completed May 17, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a0c1bb6188190966c2db0f61048f7 completed May 17, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a0cb1b9d08190aa0edccd5a49b289 completed May 17, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:33 p.m.