Triple

T10720121
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Tomlinson E252795 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]
  • 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.
  • D. Alex Farquharson
    Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
  • 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.
  • D. Alex Farquharson
    Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
  • 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.