Triple

T12383203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sedbergh School E295792 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Alastair Hignell
Alastair Hignell is a former England rugby union international, first-class cricketer, and later a respected sports broadcaster and advocate for multiple sclerosis awareness.
E1007349 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: Alastair Hignell | Statement: [Sedbergh School, hasAlumni, Alastair Hignell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Hignell
Context triple: [Sedbergh School, hasAlumni, Alastair Hignell]
  • A. Alastair Redfern
    Alastair Redfern is an Anglican bishop and theologian who has served in senior roles within the Church of England, including as Bishop of Woolwich and later Bishop of Derby.
  • B. Alastair Reid
    Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
  • C. Alec Troup
    Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
  • D. Jonathan Gledhill
    Jonathan Gledhill was an English Anglican bishop who served in senior episcopal roles in the Church of England, including as Bishop of Stafford.
  • E. Ian Maxtone-Graham
    Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer best known for his long-running work on "The Simpsons" and other animated comedy projects.
  • 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: Alastair Hignell
Triple: [Sedbergh School, hasAlumni, Alastair Hignell]
Generated description
Alastair Hignell is a former England rugby union international, first-class cricketer, and later a respected sports broadcaster and advocate for multiple sclerosis awareness.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Hignell
Target entity description: Alastair Hignell is a former England rugby union international, first-class cricketer, and later a respected sports broadcaster and advocate for multiple sclerosis awareness.
  • A. Alastair Redfern
    Alastair Redfern is an Anglican bishop and theologian who has served in senior roles within the Church of England, including as Bishop of Woolwich and later Bishop of Derby.
  • B. Alastair Reid
    Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
  • C. Alec Troup
    Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
  • D. Jonathan Gledhill
    Jonathan Gledhill was an English Anglican bishop who served in senior episcopal roles in the Church of England, including as Bishop of Stafford.
  • E. Ian Maxtone-Graham
    Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer best known for his long-running work on "The Simpsons" and other animated comedy projects.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fbc3f608190b0ee3c4f304a94db completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69b8077d081908e226e5bf856bcbf completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69c8469548190b05d8fa010e0ca13 completed May 3, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d4ef7988190890f8a62280aa673 completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.