Triple

T10394296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Valerie Jane Eustace E244969 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object David Cornwell
David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
E859485 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: David Cornwell | Statement: [Valerie Jane Eustace, spouse, David Cornwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cornwell
Context triple: [Valerie Jane Eustace, spouse, David Cornwell]
  • A. Stephen Cornwell
    Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
  • B. Ken Follett
    Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
  • C. Jeffrey Archer
    Jeffrey Archer is a British author and former politician best known for his bestselling novels and thrillers.
  • D. Nicholas Ferguson
    Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
  • E. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • 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: David Cornwell
Triple: [Valerie Jane Eustace, spouse, David Cornwell]
Generated description
David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cornwell
Target entity description: David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a renowned British author celebrated for his sophisticated espionage novels such as "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and the George Smiley series.
  • A. Stephen Cornwell
    Stephen Cornwell is a British film producer and screenwriter, known for co-founding The Ink Factory and producing adaptations of John le Carré’s works as well as other international thrillers.
  • B. Ken Follett
    Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author renowned for his historical and thriller novels, including "The Pillars of the Earth" and "Eye of the Needle."
  • C. Jeffrey Archer
    Jeffrey Archer is a British author and former politician best known for his bestselling novels and thrillers.
  • D. Nicholas Ferguson
    Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
  • E. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • 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_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9b795fc8190aa50ce3c7360ff83 completed April 7, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d795c8271c81908a6b67822050c06d completed April 9, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d7975308648190af421c90bd1200b7 completed April 9, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d798e6721c81909647d27ce0aa615a completed April 9, 2026, 12:17 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:06 p.m.