Triple

T16368479
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject When the Lion Feeds E397498 entity
Predicate featuresFamily P40767 FINISHED
Object Courtney family
The Courtney family is a fictional South African dynasty at the center of Wilbur Smith’s long-running series of historical adventure novels.
 E1209228 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Courtney family | Statement: [When the Lion Feeds, featuresFamily, Courtney family]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Courtney family
Context triple: [When the Lion Feeds, featuresFamily, Courtney family]
  • A. Carey family
    The Carey family was an English noble lineage prominent in the Tudor period, closely connected to the court of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I through blood and service.
  • B. Carey family
    The Carey family is the immediate family of American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, including her children and close relatives.
  • C. Fallon family
    The Fallon family is the familial group to which Nancy Fallon belongs, encompassing her relatives and shared lineage.
  • D. Lindsay family
    The Lindsay family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Earls of Crawford and Glenesk.
  • E. Brody family
    The Brody family is a fictional household featured in the "Jaws" franchise, centered around police chief Martin Brody and his relatives as they confront shark-related threats in the coastal town of Amity Island.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Courtney family
Target entity description: The Courtney family is a fictional South African dynasty at the center of Wilbur Smith’s long-running series of historical adventure novels.
  • A. Carey family
    The Carey family was an English noble lineage prominent in the Tudor period, closely connected to the court of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I through blood and service.
  • B. Carey family
    The Carey family is the immediate family of American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, including her children and close relatives.
  • C. Fallon family
    The Fallon family is the familial group to which Nancy Fallon belongs, encompassing her relatives and shared lineage.
  • D. Lindsay family
    The Lindsay family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Earls of Crawford and Glenesk.
  • E. Brody family
    The Brody family is a fictional household featured in the "Jaws" franchise, centered around police chief Martin Brody and his relatives as they confront shark-related threats in the coastal town of Amity Island.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Courtney family
Triple: [When the Lion Feeds, featuresFamily, Courtney family]
Generated description
The Courtney family is a fictional South African dynasty at the center of Wilbur Smith’s long-running series of historical adventure novels.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d87f2778dc8190aa95c7572db127e6 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e2ff3f0694819097faa1c1447a9e97 ner completed
NED1 batch_6a002dc29f088190ba5d69ff3c12a251 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a00312a4fc48190b6bd6ad9db71bb4d ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a002ec2fd948190878af958d0b90ce6 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.