Triple
T11855688
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alec McCowen |
E282034
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Duncan McCowen
Alexander Duncan McCowen, known professionally as Alec McCowen, was an acclaimed English actor celebrated for his work on stage, film, and television, including notable performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in several Alfred Hitchcock films.
|
E949052
|
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: Alexander Duncan McCowen | Statement: [Alec McCowen, birthName, Alexander Duncan McCowen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Duncan McCowen Context triple: [Alec McCowen, birthName, Alexander Duncan McCowen]
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A.
Colin Buchanan
Colin Buchanan is an Anglican bishop and liturgical scholar who served as the Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England.
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B.
Murray Matheson
Murray Matheson was an Australian-born character actor known for his numerous television and film roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying refined or enigmatic figures.
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C.
William Cumming
William Cumming was a prominent early 19th-century American political and military figure from Georgia, after whom the city of Cumming, Georgia, is named.
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D.
Ian Cumming
Ian Cumming was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-founder of the private equity firm Leucadia National Corporation and a prominent figure in diversified investments.
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E.
Thomas MacKay
Thomas MacKay is a mountaineer known for completing the first recorded ascent of the peak Dom in the Swiss Alps.
- 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: Alexander Duncan McCowen Triple: [Alec McCowen, birthName, Alexander Duncan McCowen]
Generated description
Alexander Duncan McCowen, known professionally as Alec McCowen, was an acclaimed English actor celebrated for his work on stage, film, and television, including notable performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in several Alfred Hitchcock films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Duncan McCowen Target entity description: Alexander Duncan McCowen, known professionally as Alec McCowen, was an acclaimed English actor celebrated for his work on stage, film, and television, including notable performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in several Alfred Hitchcock films.
-
A.
Colin Buchanan
Colin Buchanan is an Anglican bishop and liturgical scholar who served as the Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England.
-
B.
Murray Matheson
Murray Matheson was an Australian-born character actor known for his numerous television and film roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying refined or enigmatic figures.
-
C.
William Cumming
William Cumming was a prominent early 19th-century American political and military figure from Georgia, after whom the city of Cumming, Georgia, is named.
-
D.
Ian Cumming
Ian Cumming was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-founder of the private equity firm Leucadia National Corporation and a prominent figure in diversified investments.
-
E.
Thomas MacKay
Thomas MacKay is a mountaineer known for completing the first recorded ascent of the peak Dom in the Swiss Alps.
- 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_69d6ab287ba48190a5178779fd19b9b7 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a697f4108190af984932d2118472 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f167d9b9e8819093582637941fc5ca |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f17006e6108190b51b20ddf6d2368c |
completed | April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f17819af5c8190a98db3cd8eff8da2 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.