Triple

T13152079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Reith E312489 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)
Frederick Ogilvie was a British academic and administrator who served as Director-General of the BBC in the late 1930s, overseeing the corporation during the early years of World War II.
E1025297 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: Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC) | Statement: [John Reith, succeededBy, Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)
Context triple: [John Reith, succeededBy, Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)]
  • A. Roy Plomley
    Roy Plomley was a British radio broadcaster and producer best known for devising and presenting the long-running BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs."
  • B. David Dimbleby
    David Dimbleby is a veteran British journalist and broadcaster best known for presenting the BBC’s flagship political debate program "Question Time" and major national events.
  • C. Sir Howard Davies
    Sir Howard Davies is a British economist, academic, and former financial regulator who has served as chair of major institutions including the UK Financial Services Authority and NatWest Group.
  • D. BBC Head of Values and Standards
    BBC Head of Values and Standards is a senior executive role at the BBC responsible for overseeing ethical guidelines, editorial integrity, and organizational conduct across the corporation.
  • E. Angus Ogilvy
    Angus Ogilvy was a British businessman and aristocrat who married into the royal family as the husband of Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 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: Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)
Triple: [John Reith, succeededBy, Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)]
Generated description
Frederick Ogilvie was a British academic and administrator who served as Director-General of the BBC in the late 1930s, overseeing the corporation during the early years of World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC)
Target entity description: Frederick Ogilvie was a British academic and administrator who served as Director-General of the BBC in the late 1930s, overseeing the corporation during the early years of World War II.
  • A. Roy Plomley
    Roy Plomley was a British radio broadcaster and producer best known for devising and presenting the long-running BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs."
  • B. David Dimbleby
    David Dimbleby is a veteran British journalist and broadcaster best known for presenting the BBC’s flagship political debate program "Question Time" and major national events.
  • C. Sir Howard Davies
    Sir Howard Davies is a British economist, academic, and former financial regulator who has served as chair of major institutions including the UK Financial Services Authority and NatWest Group.
  • D. BBC Head of Values and Standards
    BBC Head of Values and Standards is a senior executive role at the BBC responsible for overseeing ethical guidelines, editorial integrity, and organizational conduct across the corporation.
  • E. Angus Ogilvy
    Angus Ogilvy was a British businessman and aristocrat who married into the royal family as the husband of Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 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_69d806aabde48190899e13e41659cae5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98bd317e0819086e383f8e4583630 completed April 10, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6eaeca00c8190aa5645d1084c7d60 completed May 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6f17376c88190b08a4f2f5967b57c completed May 3, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6f1e5bc888190a0a82f45922de104 completed May 3, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:11 p.m.