Triple
T15342917
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James May |
E366840
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNickname |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Captain Slow
Captain Slow is the affectionate nickname of British television presenter and motoring journalist James May, known for his cautious driving style on shows like Top Gear.
|
E1150975
|
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: Captain Slow | Statement: [James May, hasNickname, Captain Slow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Slow Context triple: [James May, hasNickname, Captain Slow]
-
A.
Captain Sham
Captain Sham is a false seafaring persona adopted by the villainous Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to deceive the Baudelaire orphans and those around them.
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B.
Captain Shotover
Captain Shotover is an eccentric, elderly sea captain and amateur inventor who serves as a central figure and philosophical commentator in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Heartbreak House."
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C.
Captain Barfoot
Captain Barfoot is a minor character in Virginia Woolf’s novel "Jacob’s Room," representing the older generation’s traditional values and perspectives within the book’s modernist portrayal of early 20th-century English society.
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D.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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E.
Captain Farver
Captain Farver is the airline pilot protagonist in the Twilight Zone episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33," who struggles to lead his crew and passengers after their jet mysteriously slips through time.
- 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: Captain Slow Triple: [James May, hasNickname, Captain Slow]
Generated description
Captain Slow is the affectionate nickname of British television presenter and motoring journalist James May, known for his cautious driving style on shows like Top Gear.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Slow Target entity description: Captain Slow is the affectionate nickname of British television presenter and motoring journalist James May, known for his cautious driving style on shows like Top Gear.
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A.
Captain Sham
Captain Sham is a false seafaring persona adopted by the villainous Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to deceive the Baudelaire orphans and those around them.
-
B.
Captain Shotover
Captain Shotover is an eccentric, elderly sea captain and amateur inventor who serves as a central figure and philosophical commentator in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Heartbreak House."
-
C.
Captain Barfoot
Captain Barfoot is a minor character in Virginia Woolf’s novel "Jacob’s Room," representing the older generation’s traditional values and perspectives within the book’s modernist portrayal of early 20th-century English society.
-
D.
Captain Long
Captain Long is the nickname of Ma Long, the legendary Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
-
E.
Captain Farver
Captain Farver is the airline pilot protagonist in the Twilight Zone episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33," who struggles to lead his crew and passengers after their jet mysteriously slips through time.
- 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e14d8088190876fceca75d12322 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff01f70e688190bb6a073e49ff968c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff02745d1c819099f6261eced78dd0 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff031d58048190852dae8a18981d35 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.