Triple

T12356810
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Kind of Alaska E294633 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Hornby
Hornby is a character in Harold Pinter’s play "A Kind of Alaska," serving as a doctor whose interactions help reveal the protagonist’s disoriented mental state after awakening from decades-long sleep.
E979940 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: Hornby | Statement: [A Kind of Alaska, character, Hornby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornby
Context triple: [A Kind of Alaska, character, Hornby]
  • A. Hornby
    Hornby is a small village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, known for its historic castle and picturesque setting in the Lune Valley.
  • B. Hornby trains
    Hornby trains are a famous brand of British model railway products known for their detailed, collectible locomotives, rolling stock, and railway accessories.
  • C. Bluebell Railway
    Bluebell Railway is a renowned preserved heritage railway in Sussex, England, operating historic steam trains through scenic countryside and serving as a popular tourist attraction and film location.
  • D. York Carriage Works
    York Carriage Works was a major railway rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance facility in York, England, historically significant for building and servicing trains for the British rail network.
  • E. LMS Derby Works
    LMS Derby Works was a major British railway engineering and locomotive-building facility in Derby, England, operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its successors.
  • 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: Hornby
Triple: [A Kind of Alaska, character, Hornby]
Generated description
Hornby is a character in Harold Pinter’s play "A Kind of Alaska," serving as a doctor whose interactions help reveal the protagonist’s disoriented mental state after awakening from decades-long sleep.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornby
Target entity description: Hornby is a character in Harold Pinter’s play "A Kind of Alaska," serving as a doctor whose interactions help reveal the protagonist’s disoriented mental state after awakening from decades-long sleep.
  • A. Hornby
    Hornby is a small village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, known for its historic castle and picturesque setting in the Lune Valley.
  • B. Hornby trains
    Hornby trains are a famous brand of British model railway products known for their detailed, collectible locomotives, rolling stock, and railway accessories.
  • C. Bluebell Railway
    Bluebell Railway is a renowned preserved heritage railway in Sussex, England, operating historic steam trains through scenic countryside and serving as a popular tourist attraction and film location.
  • D. York Carriage Works
    York Carriage Works was a major railway rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance facility in York, England, historically significant for building and servicing trains for the British rail network.
  • E. LMS Derby Works
    LMS Derby Works was a major British railway engineering and locomotive-building facility in Derby, England, operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its successors.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f8e64dc81908c2242c68cd1b86e completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62ab4cdec8190849604ef2ec498ba completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be420308190bcb00d8b37b09ea2 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63050f5d48190881688d12c4c1819 completed May 2, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.