Triple
T11800903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frank Thornton |
E280622
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Frank Thornton Ball
Frank Thornton Ball, better known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
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E947908
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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: Frank Thornton Ball | Statement: [Frank Thornton, birthName, Frank Thornton Ball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thornton Ball Context triple: [Frank Thornton, birthName, Frank Thornton Ball]
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A.
Frank Bannister
Frank Bannister is a psychic investigator and con artist who can see and communicate with ghosts in the horror-comedy film "The Frighteners."
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B.
John Brabourne
John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
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C.
Thomas Pasley
Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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D.
George Wootten
George Wootten was an Australian Army lieutenant general who distinguished himself as a senior commander in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War.
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E.
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
- 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: Frank Thornton Ball Triple: [Frank Thornton, birthName, Frank Thornton Ball]
Generated description
Frank Thornton Ball, better known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thornton Ball Target entity description: Frank Thornton Ball, better known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
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A.
Frank Bannister
Frank Bannister is a psychic investigator and con artist who can see and communicate with ghosts in the horror-comedy film "The Frighteners."
-
B.
John Brabourne
John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
-
C.
Thomas Pasley
Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
-
D.
George Wootten
George Wootten was an Australian Army lieutenant general who distinguished himself as a senior commander in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War.
-
E.
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
- 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_69d6ab258b808190b1735835c841e3a4 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a5a4512c8190b7782e1dee053000 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f13129fa608190b080dc27f8bd7803 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f14e879aa88190a95f13e23dd346f4 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f156fa5cc48190a43c1d2e5df346fe |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.