Triple

T15199484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Separate Lies E363228 entity
Predicate basedOnWorkBy P2806 FINISHED
Object Nigel Balchin
Nigel Balchin was a British novelist and screenwriter known for his psychologically insightful wartime and postwar fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "Separate Lies."
E1144140 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: Nigel Balchin | Statement: [Separate Lies, basedOnWorkBy, Nigel Balchin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Balchin
Context triple: [Separate Lies, basedOnWorkBy, Nigel Balchin]
  • A. Neville Barr
    Neville Barr is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Barr, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • B. Victor Canning
    Victor Canning was a British novelist and thriller writer known for his suspenseful crime and adventure stories, several of which were adapted for film and television.
  • C. Robert Fairthorne
    Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
  • D. Edmund Crispin
    Edmund Crispin was the pen name of English crime writer and composer Bruce Montgomery, best known for his witty Gervase Fen detective novels blending intricate mysteries with literary humor.
  • E. Michael Innes
    Michael Innes was the pen name of Scottish author J.I.M. Stewart, best known for his erudite and witty detective novels featuring Inspector John Appleby.
  • 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: Nigel Balchin
Triple: [Separate Lies, basedOnWorkBy, Nigel Balchin]
Generated description
Nigel Balchin was a British novelist and screenwriter known for his psychologically insightful wartime and postwar fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "Separate Lies."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Balchin
Target entity description: Nigel Balchin was a British novelist and screenwriter known for his psychologically insightful wartime and postwar fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "Separate Lies."
  • A. Neville Barr
    Neville Barr is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Barr, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • B. Victor Canning
    Victor Canning was a British novelist and thriller writer known for his suspenseful crime and adventure stories, several of which were adapted for film and television.
  • C. Robert Fairthorne
    Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
  • D. Edmund Crispin
    Edmund Crispin was the pen name of English crime writer and composer Bruce Montgomery, best known for his witty Gervase Fen detective novels blending intricate mysteries with literary humor.
  • E. Michael Innes
    Michael Innes was the pen name of Scottish author J.I.M. Stewart, best known for his erudite and witty detective novels featuring Inspector John Appleby.
  • 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_69d85a0b78bc8190b6e5ad51a2c4cfc5 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e006b476208190a5119710c518bb1f completed April 15, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fed3363f688190a5c728846bea743a completed May 9, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fed76d6a888190b44efa490df4b6d0 completed May 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feda443c64819087cb16ce742e7cc5 completed May 9, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.