Triple

T15441312
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Birt in Frost/Nixon E369906 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object John Birt
John Birt is a British television executive and former Director-General of the BBC, known for his influential and sometimes controversial reforms of the corporation in the 1990s.
E1158144 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: John Birt | Statement: [John Birt in Frost/Nixon, basedOn, John Birt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Birt
Context triple: [John Birt in Frost/Nixon, basedOn, John Birt]
  • A. Roy Plomley
    Roy Plomley was a British radio broadcaster and producer best known for devising and presenting the long-running BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs."
  • B. Bernard Kay
    Bernard Kay was a British character actor known for his extensive work in film and television, including multiple appearances in the classic series "Doctor Who."
  • C. Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle was a British actor and director known for his distinguished stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and notable film roles in mid-20th-century cinema.
  • D. Stanley Barber
    Stanley Barber is a quirky, music-obsessed teenager who becomes the loyal best friend and confidant of the supernaturally troubled protagonist in the Netflix series "I Am Not Okay with This."
  • E. Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his dry wit and memorable roles in British television comedies and dramas, including "As Time Goes By" and numerous film appearances.
  • 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: John Birt
Triple: [John Birt in Frost/Nixon, basedOn, John Birt]
Generated description
John Birt is a British television executive and former Director-General of the BBC, known for his influential and sometimes controversial reforms of the corporation in the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Birt
Target entity description: John Birt is a British television executive and former Director-General of the BBC, known for his influential and sometimes controversial reforms of the corporation in the 1990s.
  • A. Roy Plomley
    Roy Plomley was a British radio broadcaster and producer best known for devising and presenting the long-running BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs."
  • B. Bernard Kay
    Bernard Kay was a British character actor known for his extensive work in film and television, including multiple appearances in the classic series "Doctor Who."
  • C. Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle was a British actor and director known for his distinguished stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and notable film roles in mid-20th-century cinema.
  • D. Stanley Barber
    Stanley Barber is a quirky, music-obsessed teenager who becomes the loyal best friend and confidant of the supernaturally troubled protagonist in the Netflix series "I Am Not Okay with This."
  • E. Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his dry wit and memorable roles in British television comedies and dramas, including "As Time Goes By" and numerous film appearances.
  • 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_69d85a19180081909925012fbf4e62a3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03ef55f5c8190a32b1b6ad1daf454 completed April 16, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff21a9b9188190a3f5de3ee18c5d3e completed May 9, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff22e2f298819085c90e28acafef44 completed May 9, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff240af68c8190af88834d97a42afb completed May 9, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m.