Triple

T11171708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Testament of Youth E264287 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Edward Brittain
Edward Brittain was a young British army officer in World War I, best known as Vera Brittain’s beloved brother whose life and death profoundly shaped her memoir "Testament of Youth."
E921107 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: Edward Brittain | Statement: [Testament of Youth, character, Edward Brittain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Brittain
Context triple: [Testament of Youth, character, Edward Brittain]
  • A. Henry Braham
    Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
  • B. Edward Troup
    Edward Troup is a British tax lawyer and civil servant best known for serving as Executive Chair of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
  • C. Robert Hill
    Robert Hill was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Big Operator" and other mid-20th-century American movies.
  • D. Edgar Chisholm
    Edgar Chisholm was a theatre choreographer best known for staging the original production of the British musical "Half a Sixpence."
  • E. Arthur Hopcraft
    Arthur Hopcraft was a British journalist and acclaimed television dramatist best known for adapting major literary works, including John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for the screen.
  • 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: Edward Brittain
Triple: [Testament of Youth, character, Edward Brittain]
Generated description
Edward Brittain was a young British army officer in World War I, best known as Vera Brittain’s beloved brother whose life and death profoundly shaped her memoir "Testament of Youth."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Brittain
Target entity description: Edward Brittain was a young British army officer in World War I, best known as Vera Brittain’s beloved brother whose life and death profoundly shaped her memoir "Testament of Youth."
  • A. Henry Braham
    Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
  • B. Edward Troup
    Edward Troup is a British tax lawyer and civil servant best known for serving as Executive Chair of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
  • C. Robert Hill
    Robert Hill was a screenwriter known for his work on the film "The Big Operator" and other mid-20th-century American movies.
  • D. Edgar Chisholm
    Edgar Chisholm was a theatre choreographer best known for staging the original production of the British musical "Half a Sixpence."
  • E. Arthur Hopcraft
    Arthur Hopcraft was a British journalist and acclaimed television dramatist best known for adapting major literary works, including John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for the screen.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e89660208190b1d9e91529f5d246 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e55630478c8190aeee4cc219209ccb completed April 19, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e562bb085c8190942766d12d838798 completed April 19, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e569f0e6948190b285ca84aca03771 completed April 19, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.