Triple
T11236141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Certified Copy |
E265945
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Shimell
William Shimell is a British baritone opera singer who has also appeared as a film actor, notably in arthouse cinema.
|
E952135
|
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: William Shimell | Statement: [Certified Copy, starring, William Shimell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shimell Context triple: [Certified Copy, starring, William Shimell]
-
A.
John Smedley
John Smedley was a 19th-century English industrialist and textile manufacturer known for his influential role in the hosiery and knitwear industry and for developing hydropathic establishments.
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B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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C.
Stephen Enniss
Stephen Enniss is an American librarian and scholar of literary archives who leads the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
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D.
Alan Emmott
Alan Emmott was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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E.
Jack Hildyard
Jack Hildyard was a British cinematographer renowned for his work on classic films, including the Academy Award-winning "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
- 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: William Shimell Triple: [Certified Copy, starring, William Shimell]
Generated description
William Shimell is a British baritone opera singer who has also appeared as a film actor, notably in arthouse cinema.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shimell Target entity description: William Shimell is a British baritone opera singer who has also appeared as a film actor, notably in arthouse cinema.
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A.
John Smedley
John Smedley was a 19th-century English industrialist and textile manufacturer known for his influential role in the hosiery and knitwear industry and for developing hydropathic establishments.
-
B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
-
C.
Stephen Enniss
Stephen Enniss is an American librarian and scholar of literary archives who leads the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
-
D.
Alan Emmott
Alan Emmott was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
-
E.
Jack Hildyard
Jack Hildyard was a British cinematographer renowned for his work on classic films, including the Academy Award-winning "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
- 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e904cf888190826fc964f76b5cb2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f28053fe08819099e848cd74b989a0 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f40b2d0a388190a11a0e2d806e310b |
completed | May 1, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f40deb4eec8190a8fe1aa59b1514e6 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 2:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.