Triple
T10463366
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zulu |
E246730
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Prebble
John Prebble was a British-Canadian writer and historian best known for his popular works on Scottish history and for writing the screenplay for the film "Zulu."
|
E871200
|
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: John Prebble | Statement: [Zulu, screenwriter, John Prebble]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Prebble Context triple: [Zulu, screenwriter, John Prebble]
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A.
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was a British comic actor best known for his towering height and recurring roles in the "Carry On" film series.
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B.
Cyril Mardall
Cyril Mardall was an architect known for his work on major cultural venues, including the design of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
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C.
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
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D.
Martin Pugh
Martin Pugh is a British historian known for his influential works on modern British political and social history, including studies of the Labour Party, feminism, and interwar politics.
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E.
Walter Bidlake
Walter Bidlake is a fictional character in Aldous Huxley’s satirical novel "Point Counter Point," representing aspects of English intellectual and social life in the 1920s.
- 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: John Prebble Triple: [Zulu, screenwriter, John Prebble]
Generated description
John Prebble was a British-Canadian writer and historian best known for his popular works on Scottish history and for writing the screenplay for the film "Zulu."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Prebble Target entity description: John Prebble was a British-Canadian writer and historian best known for his popular works on Scottish history and for writing the screenplay for the film "Zulu."
-
A.
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was a British comic actor best known for his towering height and recurring roles in the "Carry On" film series.
-
B.
Cyril Mardall
Cyril Mardall was an architect known for his work on major cultural venues, including the design of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
-
C.
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
-
D.
Martin Pugh
Martin Pugh is a British historian known for his influential works on modern British political and social history, including studies of the Labour Party, feminism, and interwar politics.
-
E.
Walter Bidlake
Walter Bidlake is a fictional character in Aldous Huxley’s satirical novel "Point Counter Point," representing aspects of English intellectual and social life in the 1920s.
- 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_69d381c16c248190a2fe5b471e584e9c |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d50885e220819089e455b646f31e65 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d933b40ff8819097e994a496228b7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d938c697f481908a93296ee7f82eae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d940176c988190b7583ce9f2c21898 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:19 p.m.