Triple

T14239175
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Mind of Evil E352962 entity
Predicate hasDirector P255 FINISHED
Object Timothy Combe
Timothy Combe is a British television director best known for his work on classic BBC series, including episodes of Doctor Who.
E1088295 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: Timothy Combe | Statement: [The Mind of Evil, hasDirector, Timothy Combe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Combe
Context triple: [The Mind of Evil, hasDirector, Timothy Combe]
  • A. Glenn Vernon
    Glenn Vernon was an American film and stage actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • B. Anthony Snodgrass
    Anthony Snodgrass is a British classical archaeologist renowned for his influential work on early Greek archaeology and the development of the Greek polis.
  • C. Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden was a British character actor known for his eccentric, often darkly comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "If....", "A Very Peculiar Practice", and "Waiting for God."
  • D. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • E. Philip Pugh
    Philip Pugh is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • 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: Timothy Combe
Triple: [The Mind of Evil, hasDirector, Timothy Combe]
Generated description
Timothy Combe is a British television director best known for his work on classic BBC series, including episodes of Doctor Who.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Combe
Target entity description: Timothy Combe is a British television director best known for his work on classic BBC series, including episodes of Doctor Who.
  • A. Glenn Vernon
    Glenn Vernon was an American film and stage actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for his supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • B. Anthony Snodgrass
    Anthony Snodgrass is a British classical archaeologist renowned for his influential work on early Greek archaeology and the development of the Greek polis.
  • C. Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden was a British character actor known for his eccentric, often darkly comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "If....", "A Very Peculiar Practice", and "Waiting for God."
  • D. Richard Marden
    Richard Marden was a British film editor known for his work on notable mid-20th-century films, including adaptations of classic literature.
  • E. Philip Pugh
    Philip Pugh is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • 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_69d8278adc7c8190a9218d69bce3c4e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de62432fb48190b153805b85c4f2d2 completed April 14, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd281f80548190ad489c418f27e82c completed May 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd2b2363f881909e04edd850166dd5 completed May 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd2cf1a1248190a97644dadf1717bc completed May 8, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:08 a.m.