Triple
T1353936
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christopher Hitchens |
E28943
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
|
E157556
|
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: Peter Hitchens | Statement: [Christopher Hitchens, sibling, Peter Hitchens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Hitchens Context triple: [Christopher Hitchens, sibling, Peter Hitchens]
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A.
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
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B.
Edward Luce
Edward Luce is a British journalist and author best known as a senior columnist and commentator on U.S. politics and global affairs for the Financial Times.
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C.
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn is a British journalist and author renowned for his in-depth reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly the Iraq War.
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D.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
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E.
Christopher Soames
Christopher Soames was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who held several senior government posts and later served as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia and a European Commissioner.
- 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: Peter Hitchens Triple: [Christopher Hitchens, sibling, Peter Hitchens]
Generated description
Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Hitchens Target entity description: Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
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A.
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
-
B.
Edward Luce
Edward Luce is a British journalist and author best known as a senior columnist and commentator on U.S. politics and global affairs for the Financial Times.
-
C.
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn is a British journalist and author renowned for his in-depth reporting on Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly the Iraq War.
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D.
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.
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E.
Christopher Soames
Christopher Soames was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who held several senior government posts and later served as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia and a European Commissioner.
- 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_69a498571d248190a0ac9eb02d97097f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c26e916c8190b4b324df87f4c121 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acd47b63c081908a859a88ad5564b8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd5314ac08190abf0ed287689dc5f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd59842f08190976724ad981de3d8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.