Triple

T1432878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgin Records E30489 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Nik Powell
Nik Powell was a British entrepreneur and film producer best known for co-founding Virgin Records and later leading the National Film and Television School.
 E163934 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: Nik Powell | Statement: [Virgin Records, founder, Nik Powell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nik Powell
Context triple: [Virgin Records, founder, Nik Powell]
  • A. Nick Powell
    Nick Powell is an English professional footballer known for his attacking midfield role and spells at clubs including Crewe Alexandra, Manchester United, and Wigan Athletic.
  • B. Jody Powell
    Jody Powell was an American political consultant and press secretary best known for serving as White House Press Secretary under President Jimmy Carter.
  • C. Neil Black
    Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Tobin Powell Heath
    Tobin Powell Heath is an American professional soccer player renowned as a creative winger and multiple-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion with the United States women's national team.
  • E. Tony Pierce-Roberts
    Tony Pierce-Roberts is a British cinematographer best known for his work on acclaimed period dramas, particularly his collaborations with Merchant Ivory Productions.
  • 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: Nik Powell
Triple: [Virgin Records, founder, Nik Powell]
Generated description
Nik Powell was a British entrepreneur and film producer best known for co-founding Virgin Records and later leading the National Film and Television School.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nik Powell
Target entity description: Nik Powell was a British entrepreneur and film producer best known for co-founding Virgin Records and later leading the National Film and Television School.
  • A. Nick Powell
    Nick Powell is an English professional footballer known for his attacking midfield role and spells at clubs including Crewe Alexandra, Manchester United, and Wigan Athletic.
  • B. Jody Powell
    Jody Powell was an American political consultant and press secretary best known for serving as White House Press Secretary under President Jimmy Carter.
  • C. Neil Black
    Neil Black was a distinguished British oboist renowned for his solo performances, chamber music collaborations, and influential recordings in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Tobin Powell Heath
    Tobin Powell Heath is an American professional soccer player renowned as a creative winger and multiple-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion with the United States women's national team.
  • E. Tony Pierce-Roberts
    Tony Pierce-Roberts is a British cinematographer best known for his work on acclaimed period dramas, particularly his collaborations with Merchant Ivory Productions.
  • 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c4ddbe208190a68cb000a6970d17 completed March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad016e25808190880a6e637dd2590a completed March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad01f8028881909af95e9f61a17e88 completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad02c618c48190abf3e16d9f85e703 completed March 8, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.