Triple

T9482206
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kate Soffel E228669 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Edward Soffel
Edward Soffel was a Pittsburgh judge best known historically as the husband of Kate Soffel, who infamously aided the 1902 jailbreak of the Biddle brothers.
E802495 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: Edward Soffel | Statement: [Kate Soffel, spouse, Edward Soffel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Soffel
Context triple: [Kate Soffel, spouse, Edward Soffel]
  • A. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • B. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • C. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Neil Gehrels
    Neil Gehrels was an influential American astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in gamma-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
  • E. Howard Drossin
    Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
  • 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: Edward Soffel
Triple: [Kate Soffel, spouse, Edward Soffel]
Generated description
Edward Soffel was a Pittsburgh judge best known historically as the husband of Kate Soffel, who infamously aided the 1902 jailbreak of the Biddle brothers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Soffel
Target entity description: Edward Soffel was a Pittsburgh judge best known historically as the husband of Kate Soffel, who infamously aided the 1902 jailbreak of the Biddle brothers.
  • A. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • B. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • C. Nicholas Sagan
    Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
  • D. Neil Gehrels
    Neil Gehrels was an influential American astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in gamma-ray astronomy and leadership of major space observatory missions.
  • E. Howard Drossin
    Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
  • 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd804af6d08190a281cb27407c791c completed April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12d0620608190a6697777ec2eec26 completed April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12db5c20881909a7011a3d25dd2b8 completed April 4, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12e4f1b9081908e73aa674d1ef0e4 completed April 4, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.