Triple
T22395649
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Empire Falls |
E553621
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Francine Whiting
Francine Whiting is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Richard Russo’s novel "Empire Falls," known for exerting powerful control over the town and its residents.
|
E1552822
|
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: Francine Whiting | Statement: [Empire Falls, mainCharacter, Francine Whiting]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francine Whiting Context triple: [Empire Falls, mainCharacter, Francine Whiting]
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A.
Deborah Whiting
Deborah Whiting is the daughter of American traditional pop singer Margaret Whiting.
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B.
Francine Parker
Francine Parker is the resourceful pregnant survivor who becomes one of the central protagonists in George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie horror film "Dawn of the Dead."
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C.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
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D.
Barbara Whiting
Barbara Whiting was an American actress and singer known for her film, radio, and television work in the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Francine Whiting Triple: [Empire Falls, mainCharacter, Francine Whiting]
Generated description
Francine Whiting is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Richard Russo’s novel "Empire Falls," known for exerting powerful control over the town and its residents.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francine Whiting Target entity description: Francine Whiting is a wealthy, manipulative matriarch in Richard Russo’s novel "Empire Falls," known for exerting powerful control over the town and its residents.
-
A.
Deborah Whiting
Deborah Whiting is the daughter of American traditional pop singer Margaret Whiting.
-
B.
Francine Parker
Francine Parker is the resourceful pregnant survivor who becomes one of the central protagonists in George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie horror film "Dawn of the Dead."
-
C.
Marian McAlpin
Marian McAlpin is the conflicted young protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s novel "The Edible Woman," whose growing aversion to food mirrors her anxiety about identity, gender roles, and societal expectations.
-
D.
Barbara Whiting
Barbara Whiting was an American actress and singer known for her film, radio, and television work in the 1940s and 1950s.
-
E.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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_69e11e4da7048190b4387d422a9a0de5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1585e84b081908c95ed3e0d987ed8 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b98002ca08190990e9ecea1dfaa15 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b9884cb548190958d16f42be4bea8 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b98e7887881909ec9cc4a2a2167c5 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:45 p.m.