Triple

T11175362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The History of Middle-earth E264397 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object Christopher Tolkien E188623 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Christopher Tolkien | Statement: [The History of Middle-earth, editor, Christopher Tolkien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Christopher Tolkien
Context triple: [The History of Middle-earth, editor, Christopher Tolkien]
  • A. Joan Tolkien
    Joan Tolkien was the wife of Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, the second son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, and a member of the Tolkien family by marriage.
  • B. Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien
    Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien was the second son of author J. R. R. Tolkien, known for his career as a schoolteacher and his role in preserving and promoting his father's literary legacy.
  • C. Christopher John Reuel Tolkien chosen
    Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was a British editor, academic, and literary executor best known for posthumously editing and publishing many of his father J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, including The Silmarillion.
  • D. John Francis Reuel Tolkien
    John Francis Reuel Tolkien was the eldest son of author J.R.R. Tolkien, who became a Roman Catholic priest and served as a spiritual advisor to his father.
  • E. Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien
    Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien is a British barrister and novelist, and the grandson of famed author J. R. R. Tolkien.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d7e897774c819088ebc7231cebfba6 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4f3b0d9d481909c0ed532204e7ffa completed April 19, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.