Triple
T9797767
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Three Lives |
E237758
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Melanctha Herbert |
E821407
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Melanctha Herbert | Statement: [Three Lives, mainCharacter, Melanctha Herbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melanctha Herbert Context triple: [Three Lives, mainCharacter, Melanctha Herbert]
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A.
Melanctha
chosen
Melanctha is one of the three novellas in Gertrude Stein's modernist work "Three Lives," focusing on the complex inner life and relationships of its Black female protagonist.
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B.
Cora Walton
Cora Walton, better known as Koko Taylor, was a powerhouse American blues singer celebrated as the "Queen of the Blues" for her raw, gritty vocals and influential Chicago blues recordings.
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C.
Cora Hudson
Cora Hudson is a supporting character on the sitcom "Mork & Mindy," known as Mindy’s warm, down-to-earth grandmother.
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D.
Cora Simmons
Cora Simmons is a devout, good-natured Christian woman and the often exasperated daughter of the outspoken matriarch Madea in Tyler Perry’s film and stage universe.
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E.
Cora Randall
Cora Randall is the enslaved young woman who becomes the central protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s novel "The Underground Railroad," embarking on a perilous journey to escape bondage through a reimagined subterranean rail system.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84dc04488190b9c91193976c0960 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda6264160819080da4805b213753f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1cc5118a481908a65d730f86c7723 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:28 p.m.