Triple
T14253856
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Three Doctors |
E353335
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresActor |
P15562
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Stephen Thorne
Stephen Thorne was a British character actor best known for his powerful voice and memorable villainous roles in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who.
|
E1089687
|
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: Stephen Thorne | Statement: [The Three Doctors, featuresActor, Stephen Thorne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Thorne Context triple: [The Three Doctors, featuresActor, Stephen Thorne]
-
A.
Joseph Thorne
Joseph Thorne is the protagonist of the novel "Fair Game," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
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B.
David Wheatley
David Wheatley was a British film and television director known for his adaptations of literary works, including several films based on Angela Carter’s stories.
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C.
Tony Thorpe
Tony Thorpe is an English musician best known as a founding member of the experimental electronic group The KLF and for his work in the UK electronic and dance music scene.
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D.
Michael Sinnott
Michael Sinnott, better known as Mack Sennett, was a pioneering Canadian-American film director and producer famed as the "King of Comedy" for his influential slapstick silent films and the creation of the Keystone Cops.
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E.
Richard Hartnett
Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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: Stephen Thorne Triple: [The Three Doctors, featuresActor, Stephen Thorne]
Generated description
Stephen Thorne was a British character actor best known for his powerful voice and memorable villainous roles in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Thorne Target entity description: Stephen Thorne was a British character actor best known for his powerful voice and memorable villainous roles in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who.
-
A.
Joseph Thorne
Joseph Thorne is the protagonist of the novel "Fair Game," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
-
B.
David Wheatley
David Wheatley was a British film and television director known for his adaptations of literary works, including several films based on Angela Carter’s stories.
-
C.
Tony Thorpe
Tony Thorpe is an English musician best known as a founding member of the experimental electronic group The KLF and for his work in the UK electronic and dance music scene.
-
D.
Michael Sinnott
Michael Sinnott, better known as Mack Sennett, was a pioneering Canadian-American film director and producer famed as the "King of Comedy" for his influential slapstick silent films and the creation of the Keystone Cops.
-
E.
Richard Hartnett
Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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_69d8278c43e08190824146f4632b89a5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de6297f38c819090d7c7fd8bfa2e9e |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd325c98288190ba035fb5cc5bcf6b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd33cba18481908f2dfe358017f11b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd346ffb9c81909ec28e514ea5451b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:09 a.m.