Triple

T14162803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Courier E350990 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Dominic Cooke
Dominic Cooke is a British theatre and film director and playwright, known for his acclaimed work at the Royal Court Theatre and for directing films such as "On Chesil Beach" and "The Courier."
 E1083172 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Dominic Cooke | Statement: [The Courier, director, Dominic Cooke]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dominic Cooke
Context triple: [The Courier, director, Dominic Cooke]
  • A. Rupert Goold
    Rupert Goold is a prominent British theatre director known for his innovative, visually bold productions and leadership roles at major UK theatres.
  • B. Derek Vinyard
    Derek Vinyard is the reformed former neo-Nazi skinhead whose violent past and struggle for redemption drive the central narrative of the film "American History X."
  • C. Nicholas Hytner
    Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
  • D. Mark Lamos
    Mark Lamos is an American theater and opera director known for his innovative stagings on Broadway and at major opera companies.
  • E. Marianne Elliott
    Marianne Elliott is an acclaimed British theatre director known for her innovative, award-winning productions in London's West End and on Broadway.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dominic Cooke
Target entity description: Dominic Cooke is a British theatre and film director and playwright, known for his acclaimed work at the Royal Court Theatre and for directing films such as "On Chesil Beach" and "The Courier."
  • A. Rupert Goold
    Rupert Goold is a prominent British theatre director known for his innovative, visually bold productions and leadership roles at major UK theatres.
  • B. Derek Vinyard
    Derek Vinyard is the reformed former neo-Nazi skinhead whose violent past and struggle for redemption drive the central narrative of the film "American History X."
  • C. Nicholas Hytner
    Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
  • D. Mark Lamos
    Mark Lamos is an American theater and opera director known for his innovative stagings on Broadway and at major opera companies.
  • E. Marianne Elliott
    Marianne Elliott is an acclaimed British theatre director known for her innovative, award-winning productions in London's West End and on Broadway.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Dominic Cooke
Triple: [The Courier, director, Dominic Cooke]
Generated description
Dominic Cooke is a British theatre and film director and playwright, known for his acclaimed work at the Royal Court Theatre and for directing films such as "On Chesil Beach" and "The Courier."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8278775fc8190b0802d22ca2f495d elicitation completed
NER batch_69de613a4a2081908fd51bf4b4d82b6c ner completed
NED1 batch_69fcf7f3170481909f3981c1e56235d9 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fcff29f7608190b4b7d24fc1e011bf ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fcfe9debe08190b9943f941f1b8813 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:59 a.m.