Triple
T15039753
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iain M. Banks |
E378569
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Iain Banks |
E378569
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Iain Banks | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, birthName, Iain Banks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain Banks Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, birthName, Iain Banks]
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A.
Iain M. Banks
chosen
Iain M. Banks was a Scottish author best known for his acclaimed science fiction Culture series and his dark, genre-blurring mainstream novels.
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B.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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C.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell was an American scenic designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions, television shows, and films.
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D.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
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E.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell was a prominent 19th-century Australian builder and contractor known for constructing many of Melbourne’s landmark buildings.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded82e79a481908ddb9609af8c4407 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9de1c3a48190a9b3959a95627175 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.