Triple

T10588815
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Any Human Heart E249927 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object William Boyd
William Boyd is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter acclaimed for his richly crafted literary fiction, including works such as "Any Human Heart" and "A Good Man in Africa."
 E872122 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: William Boyd | Statement: [Any Human Heart, author, William Boyd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Boyd
Context triple: [Any Human Heart, author, William Boyd]
  • A. William Boyd
    William Boyd was an American actor best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in numerous films and early television.
  • B. Louis de Bernières
    Louis de Bernières is a British novelist best known for works such as "Captain Corelli’s Mandolin" and the novella "Red Dog," which inspired the film of the same name.
  • C. David Urquhart
    David Urquhart was a 19th-century Scottish diplomat, writer, and politician known for his advocacy of Turkish interests and his strong opposition to Russian expansion.
  • D. Sebastian Faulks
    Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
  • E. Ian Byatt
    Ian Byatt is a British economist and former water industry regulator, best known for serving as the first Director General of Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water industry in England and Wales.
  • 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: William Boyd
Triple: [Any Human Heart, author, William Boyd]
Generated description
William Boyd is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter acclaimed for his richly crafted literary fiction, including works such as "Any Human Heart" and "A Good Man in Africa."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Boyd
Target entity description: William Boyd is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter acclaimed for his richly crafted literary fiction, including works such as "Any Human Heart" and "A Good Man in Africa."
  • A. William Boyd
    William Boyd was an American actor best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in numerous films and early television.
  • B. Louis de Bernières
    Louis de Bernières is a British novelist best known for works such as "Captain Corelli’s Mandolin" and the novella "Red Dog," which inspired the film of the same name.
  • C. David Urquhart
    David Urquhart was a 19th-century Scottish diplomat, writer, and politician known for his advocacy of Turkish interests and his strong opposition to Russian expansion.
  • D. Sebastian Faulks
    Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
  • E. Ian Byatt
    Ian Byatt is a British economist and former water industry regulator, best known for serving as the first Director General of Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water industry in England and Wales.
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d527793c588190bfe3a5261eb7f919 completed April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b9440548190bff01847a940266b completed April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca13550819085b7824d8b5131e7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9518517608190b5036694b83f5f58 completed April 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.