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]
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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.
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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."
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C.
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer is a British author and former politician best known for his bestselling novels and thrillers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.