Triple
T13519327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Notes on a Scandal |
E322851
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Barbara Covett
Barbara Covett is a lonely, manipulative schoolteacher whose obsessive fixation on a colleague drives the psychological drama of "Notes on a Scandal."
|
E1045438
|
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: Barbara Covett | Statement: [Notes on a Scandal, mainCharacter, Barbara Covett]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Covett Context triple: [Notes on a Scandal, mainCharacter, Barbara Covett]
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A.
Joan Hurst
Joan Hurst was an Englishwoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Mayflower passenger Elizabeth Tilley.
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B.
Dorothy Crofts
Dorothy Crofts was an English gentlewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, a prominent statesman under King Charles II.
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C.
Margaret Sayers Peden
Margaret Sayers Peden was a prominent American translator renowned for bringing major works of Latin American literature, including those of Isabel Allende, into English.
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D.
Alma Reville
Alma Reville was a British screenwriter, editor, and assistant director best known for her long creative collaboration with and marriage to filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
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E.
Dorothy Cousins
Dorothy Cousins was the twin sister of American diplomat and artist Paul Child, who was married to famed chef and author Julia Child.
- 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: Barbara Covett Triple: [Notes on a Scandal, mainCharacter, Barbara Covett]
Generated description
Barbara Covett is a lonely, manipulative schoolteacher whose obsessive fixation on a colleague drives the psychological drama of "Notes on a Scandal."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Covett Target entity description: Barbara Covett is a lonely, manipulative schoolteacher whose obsessive fixation on a colleague drives the psychological drama of "Notes on a Scandal."
-
A.
Joan Hurst
Joan Hurst was an Englishwoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Mayflower passenger Elizabeth Tilley.
-
B.
Dorothy Crofts
Dorothy Crofts was an English gentlewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, a prominent statesman under King Charles II.
-
C.
Margaret Sayers Peden
Margaret Sayers Peden was a prominent American translator renowned for bringing major works of Latin American literature, including those of Isabel Allende, into English.
-
D.
Alma Reville
Alma Reville was a British screenwriter, editor, and assistant director best known for her long creative collaboration with and marriage to filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
-
E.
Dorothy Cousins
Dorothy Cousins was the twin sister of American diplomat and artist Paul Child, who was married to famed chef and author Julia Child.
- 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbafa27f048190bed33a98e28c8d09 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f75498153c819096a28a7f0b608ff5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7565846108190bb6550505af8ac5d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f75a2107e081909fd00af67938f2e9 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.