Triple

T10847216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain Softley E256044 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Softley
Softley is an English surname most notably associated with film director and producer Iain Softley.
 E889683 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: Softley | Statement: [Iain Softley, familyName, Softley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Softley
Context triple: [Iain Softley, familyName, Softley]
  • A. Mr Soft
    Mr Soft is the former name of the English alternative rock band Elbow, known for their atmospheric sound and introspective lyrics.
  • B. Sooley
    Sooley is a novel by John Grisham that follows a young South Sudanese basketball player whose extraordinary talent offers a path out of war-torn hardship.
  • C. Butley
    Butley is a 1971 stage play by Simon Gray, best known through Alan Bates’s acclaimed portrayal of its bitter, self-destructive university lecturer protagonist.
  • D. Softouch
    Softouch is a fabric conditioner and laundry care brand owned by Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited, known for providing softness and fragrance to clothes.
  • E. Softsoap
    Softsoap is a popular personal care product line best known for its liquid hand soaps and body washes.
  • 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: Softley
Triple: [Iain Softley, familyName, Softley]
Generated description
Softley is an English surname most notably associated with film director and producer Iain Softley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Softley
Target entity description: Softley is an English surname most notably associated with film director and producer Iain Softley.
  • A. Mr Soft
    Mr Soft is the former name of the English alternative rock band Elbow, known for their atmospheric sound and introspective lyrics.
  • B. Sooley
    Sooley is a novel by John Grisham that follows a young South Sudanese basketball player whose extraordinary talent offers a path out of war-torn hardship.
  • C. Butley
    Butley is a 1971 stage play by Simon Gray, best known through Alan Bates’s acclaimed portrayal of its bitter, self-destructive university lecturer protagonist.
  • D. Softouch
    Softouch is a fabric conditioner and laundry care brand owned by Wipro Enterprises (P) Limited, known for providing softness and fragrance to clothes.
  • E. Softsoap
    Softsoap is a popular personal care product line best known for its liquid hand soaps and body washes.
  • 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d75113bc188190ac78df0c51d95de6 completed April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69deb170e714819097babb2b850342d2 completed April 14, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dec255abb08190bf93573c41aa35e9 completed April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dec7c48c3c81909365b901830f0906 completed April 14, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.