Triple
T15478808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham |
E376858
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham |
E376858
|
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: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham | Statement: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, name, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham Context triple: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, name, Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham]
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A.
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham
chosen
Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham was a British biochemist and pioneering historian of Chinese science and technology, best known for his monumental multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China."
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B.
Christopher Murray Grieve
Christopher Murray Grieve was a Scottish poet, journalist, and key figure in the Scottish Renaissance, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid.
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C.
Nigel Tangye
Nigel Tangye was a British writer, aviation enthusiast, and former Royal Navy officer known for his books on flying and his marriage to actress Ann Todd.
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D.
Dan Needham
Dan Needham is a kind, intellectually inclined drama teacher and stepfather figure in John Irving’s novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany," known for his gentle support of the protagonist.
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E.
Dennis Chinnery
Dennis Chinnery was a British character actor known for his numerous television roles, including multiple appearances in the long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who.
- 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2d0b3e7881908f195701fe222371 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.