Triple

T16248972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Hannay E394447 entity
Predicate hasAdaptation P1690 FINISHED
Object The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)
The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character) is the portrayal of adventurer Richard Hannay in the 2008 TV film adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy thriller.
E1201863 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: The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character) | Statement: [Richard Hannay, hasAdaptation, The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)
Context triple: [Richard Hannay, hasAdaptation, The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)]
  • A. The 39 Steps (1959 film)
    The 39 Steps (1959 film) is a British thriller adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s earlier film, following an innocent man entangled in a spy conspiracy while on the run across the UK.
  • B. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.
  • C. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a comedic stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, known for its fast-paced, minimalist staging and a small cast playing numerous roles.
  • D. Charters in The Lady Vanishes
    Charters in *The Lady Vanishes* is one half of a comically cricket-obsessed English duo whose unflappable demeanor and dry wit provide much of the film’s humor.
  • E. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series)
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) is a critically acclaimed British television adaptation of John le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, starring Alec Guinness as the retired intelligence officer George Smiley.
  • 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: The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)
Triple: [Richard Hannay, hasAdaptation, The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)]
Generated description
The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character) is the portrayal of adventurer Richard Hannay in the 2008 TV film adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy thriller.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character)
Target entity description: The 39 Steps (2008 television adaptation character) is the portrayal of adventurer Richard Hannay in the 2008 TV film adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy thriller.
  • A. The 39 Steps (1959 film)
    The 39 Steps (1959 film) is a British thriller adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s earlier film, following an innocent man entangled in a spy conspiracy while on the run across the UK.
  • B. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.
  • C. The 39 Steps
    The 39 Steps is a comedic stage adaptation of John Buchan’s novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, known for its fast-paced, minimalist staging and a small cast playing numerous roles.
  • D. Charters in The Lady Vanishes
    Charters in *The Lady Vanishes* is one half of a comically cricket-obsessed English duo whose unflappable demeanor and dry wit provide much of the film’s humor.
  • E. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series)
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) is a critically acclaimed British television adaptation of John le Carré’s Cold War spy novel, starring Alec Guinness as the retired intelligence officer George Smiley.
  • 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24594f23c8190bd59fcb2585cb5e3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000ee3bbc48190a56ce2807a9510f0 completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a000f9aecec819087cecb1edad6b710 completed May 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0010462ba881909666051b2fc38d43 completed May 10, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.