Triple

T10493457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pimpernel Smith E247474 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
 E902589 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: Hugh McDermott | Statement: [Pimpernel Smith, starring, Hugh McDermott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hugh McDermott
Context triple: [Pimpernel Smith, starring, Hugh McDermott]
  • A. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • B. David McDermott
    David McDermott is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the McDermott surname rather than widespread public recognition in a specific field.
  • C. Brian McDermott
    Brian McDermott is a former professional rugby league player and highly successful English rugby league coach, best known for his trophy-laden tenure with the Leeds Rhinos.
  • D. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • E. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara is the naive Irish sailor protagonist of the 1947 film noir "The Lady from Shanghai," whose involvement with a mysterious woman draws him into a web of murder and betrayal.
  • 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: Hugh McDermott
Triple: [Pimpernel Smith, starring, Hugh McDermott]
Generated description
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hugh McDermott
Target entity description: Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • B. David McDermott
    David McDermott is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the McDermott surname rather than widespread public recognition in a specific field.
  • C. Brian McDermott
    Brian McDermott is a former professional rugby league player and highly successful English rugby league coach, best known for his trophy-laden tenure with the Leeds Rhinos.
  • D. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • E. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara is the naive Irish sailor protagonist of the 1947 film noir "The Lady from Shanghai," whose involvement with a mysterious woman draws him into a web of murder and betrayal.
  • 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_69d381c309b88190af78aa681cf6a4c2 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5097ecbec8190807c4fcc85662026 completed April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3c7b89a808190af9b2d4f37ad9012 completed April 18, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3cefc00148190a1850dc6e31523c3 completed April 18, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3d014a644819092c76aa02b573ca9 completed April 18, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:24 p.m.