Triple

T12705970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Goodnight Mister Tom E303585 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Tom Oakley
Tom Oakley is the reclusive yet kind-hearted elderly widower in Michelle Magorian’s novel "Goodnight Mister Tom" who becomes a surrogate father to an evacuated boy during World War II.
E1022898 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: Tom Oakley | Statement: [Goodnight Mister Tom, hasCharacter, Tom Oakley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Oakley
Context triple: [Goodnight Mister Tom, hasCharacter, Tom Oakley]
  • A. Tom Oakley
    Tom Oakley is a central character in the 2001 teen drama film "Crazy/Beautiful," serving as the disciplined and ambitious love interest whose relationship with the troubled protagonist drives much of the story’s emotional conflict.
  • B. Milt Woodard
    Milt Woodard was a sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the American Football League during its final years before the AFL–NFL merger.
  • C. Jack Bicknell
    Jack Bicknell is an American football coach best known for leading Boston College to national prominence in the 1980s, including the famed Doug Flutie era and the 1984 Cotton Bowl victory.
  • D. John McKinley
    John McKinley was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-19th century, known for his participation in significant cases involving federal power and economic development.
  • E. Clem Haskins
    Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
  • 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: Tom Oakley
Triple: [Goodnight Mister Tom, hasCharacter, Tom Oakley]
Generated description
Tom Oakley is the reclusive yet kind-hearted elderly widower in Michelle Magorian’s novel "Goodnight Mister Tom" who becomes a surrogate father to an evacuated boy during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Oakley
Target entity description: Tom Oakley is the reclusive yet kind-hearted elderly widower in Michelle Magorian’s novel "Goodnight Mister Tom" who becomes a surrogate father to an evacuated boy during World War II.
  • A. Tom Oakley
    Tom Oakley is a central character in the 2001 teen drama film "Crazy/Beautiful," serving as the disciplined and ambitious love interest whose relationship with the troubled protagonist drives much of the story’s emotional conflict.
  • B. Milt Woodard
    Milt Woodard was a sports executive best known for serving as commissioner of the American Football League during its final years before the AFL–NFL merger.
  • C. Jack Bicknell
    Jack Bicknell is an American football coach best known for leading Boston College to national prominence in the 1980s, including the famed Doug Flutie era and the 1984 Cotton Bowl victory.
  • D. John McKinley
    John McKinley was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-19th century, known for his participation in significant cases involving federal power and economic development.
  • E. Clem Haskins
    Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
  • 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_69d7bdef90d48190b46b88270e780946 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961f1adec8190a53c80e9556b3fe0 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6e25d24e481908253e1af630835f1 completed May 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6e4c5e2888190b0bfcdf2cc25ad5f completed May 3, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6e5979df881909db42a735b9b1064 completed May 3, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.