Triple
T10720121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Tomlinson |
E252795
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
|
E882094
|
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 Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson | Statement: [David Tomlinson, birthName, David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Context triple: [David Tomlinson, birthName, David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson]
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A.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
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B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
- 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 Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Triple: [David Tomlinson, birthName, David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson]
Generated description
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Target entity description: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
-
A.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
-
B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
-
C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
- 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_69d6aa5d8be481909a43218b2bfdbe95 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d70d42033c81908cafe500213a9da1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69dbb72b9ce08190a9134f3365d3f8cb |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69dbbbe3d9dc819088f85d41ef66ab29 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69dbc58a5ef481908e67fff6686fb506 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:13 p.m.