Triple
T16461736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | BBC News at Five |
E399821
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasHost |
P2592
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Alagiah
George Alagiah was a British newsreader, journalist, and television presenter best known as one of the BBC’s leading news anchors and a former foreign correspondent.
|
E1215217
|
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: George Alagiah | Statement: [BBC News at Five, hasHost, George Alagiah]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Alagiah Context triple: [BBC News at Five, hasHost, George Alagiah]
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A.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
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B.
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.
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C.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
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D.
Al Aynsley-Green
Al Aynsley-Green is a British paediatrician and child health advocate who became the inaugural Children’s Commissioner for England, known for championing the rights and welfare of young people.
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E.
Andrew Healey
Andrew Healey is a person notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Healey.
- 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: George Alagiah Triple: [BBC News at Five, hasHost, George Alagiah]
Generated description
George Alagiah was a British newsreader, journalist, and television presenter best known as one of the BBC’s leading news anchors and a former foreign correspondent.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Alagiah Target entity description: George Alagiah was a British newsreader, journalist, and television presenter best known as one of the BBC’s leading news anchors and a former foreign correspondent.
-
A.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
-
B.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Al Aynsley-Green
Al Aynsley-Green is a British paediatrician and child health advocate who became the inaugural Children’s Commissioner for England, known for championing the rights and welfare of young people.
-
E.
Andrew Healey
Andrew Healey is a person notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Healey.
- 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32d819d548190bc76a0ec2e223437 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f555f6081908b1f0d524b6fb9a7 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0050c5d4548190a674c1c19f08a9fd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0051a7ae208190b33d42cc8d4bb21f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.