Triple

T11036302
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Prideaux E260894 entity
Predicate friendOf P8712 FINISHED
Object Bill Roach
Bill Roach is a character in John le Carré’s novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," a shy schoolboy whose suspicions about his teacher help uncover a larger espionage plot.
 E900669 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: Bill Roach | Statement: [Jim Prideaux, friendOf, Bill Roach]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Roach
Context triple: [Jim Prideaux, friendOf, Bill Roach]
  • A. Brian McCaskey
    Brian McCaskey is a member of the McCaskey family that owns the Chicago Bears and serves as an executive within the NFL franchise’s front office.
  • B. Mark Parker
    Mark Parker is an American businessman best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later executive chairman of Nike, Inc.
  • C. John Sculley
    John Sculley is an American businessman best known for serving as Apple’s CEO in the 1980s after being recruited from PepsiCo, during which time he both helped expand the company and clashed with Steve Jobs.
  • D. Norm Johnson
    Norm Johnson was a prominent ice hockey player best known for his standout performances with the Portland Buckaroos in the Western Hockey League.
  • E. Roy Conli
    Roy Conli is an American film producer best known for his work on major Walt Disney Animation Studios features such as "Treasure Planet" and the Academy Award-winning "Big Hero 6."
  • 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: Bill Roach
Triple: [Jim Prideaux, friendOf, Bill Roach]
Generated description
Bill Roach is a character in John le Carré’s novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," a shy schoolboy whose suspicions about his teacher help uncover a larger espionage plot.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Roach
Target entity description: Bill Roach is a character in John le Carré’s novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," a shy schoolboy whose suspicions about his teacher help uncover a larger espionage plot.
  • A. Brian McCaskey
    Brian McCaskey is a member of the McCaskey family that owns the Chicago Bears and serves as an executive within the NFL franchise’s front office.
  • B. Mark Parker
    Mark Parker is an American businessman best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later executive chairman of Nike, Inc.
  • C. John Sculley
    John Sculley is an American businessman best known for serving as Apple’s CEO in the 1980s after being recruited from PepsiCo, during which time he both helped expand the company and clashed with Steve Jobs.
  • D. Norm Johnson
    Norm Johnson was a prominent ice hockey player best known for his standout performances with the Portland Buckaroos in the Western Hockey League.
  • E. Roy Conli
    Roy Conli is an American film producer best known for his work on major Walt Disney Animation Studios features such as "Treasure Planet" and the Academy Award-winning "Big Hero 6."
  • 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_69d6aa979bdc8190bf0e79104cc098c1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d797e9e3fc8190802195ac9fcb8e28 completed April 9, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3a9b70074819084c725c5babf2fb7 completed April 18, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3ad00b5c08190a7bf3ecbeae76d88 completed April 18, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3b1fff754819092d634f46fb42387 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.