Triple

T16378519
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Winter in Madrid E397738 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Bernie Piper
Bernie Piper is a central figure in C. J. Sansom’s historical novel "Winter in Madrid," depicted as a British veteran of the Spanish Civil War whose mysterious disappearance drives much of the story’s intrigue.
E1211008 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: Bernie Piper | Statement: [Winter in Madrid, mainCharacter, Bernie Piper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernie Piper
Context triple: [Winter in Madrid, mainCharacter, Bernie Piper]
  • A. Terry Britten
    Terry Britten is an English songwriter, musician, and record producer best known for writing and producing major hits for artists such as Tina Turner, including the song "What's Love Got to Do with It."
  • B. Terry Bedford
    Terry Bedford was a British cinematographer best known for his work on Terry Gilliam’s 1977 fantasy film "Jabberwocky."
  • C. Michele Pawk
    Michele Pawk is a Tony Award–winning American actress and singer known for her work in Broadway musicals and plays.
  • D. Leslie Kershaw
    Leslie Kershaw is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Kershaw, though specific widely known public details about them are limited.
  • E. Noel Haggard
    Noel Haggard is an American country music singer and songwriter, known as the son of legendary country artist Merle Haggard.
  • 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: Bernie Piper
Triple: [Winter in Madrid, mainCharacter, Bernie Piper]
Generated description
Bernie Piper is a central figure in C. J. Sansom’s historical novel "Winter in Madrid," depicted as a British veteran of the Spanish Civil War whose mysterious disappearance drives much of the story’s intrigue.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernie Piper
Target entity description: Bernie Piper is a central figure in C. J. Sansom’s historical novel "Winter in Madrid," depicted as a British veteran of the Spanish Civil War whose mysterious disappearance drives much of the story’s intrigue.
  • A. Terry Britten
    Terry Britten is an English songwriter, musician, and record producer best known for writing and producing major hits for artists such as Tina Turner, including the song "What's Love Got to Do with It."
  • B. Terry Bedford
    Terry Bedford was a British cinematographer best known for his work on Terry Gilliam’s 1977 fantasy film "Jabberwocky."
  • C. Michele Pawk
    Michele Pawk is a Tony Award–winning American actress and singer known for her work in Broadway musicals and plays.
  • D. Leslie Kershaw
    Leslie Kershaw is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Kershaw, though specific widely known public details about them are limited.
  • E. Noel Haggard
    Noel Haggard is an American country music singer and songwriter, known as the son of legendary country artist Merle Haggard.
  • 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e319d97e00819094aa094f52a5a93e completed April 18, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00356658e881908131a3c60ed5499d completed May 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00383a7180819092ea605aa8ef1672 completed May 10, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00391645ac819092a06dc6813604fa completed May 10, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.