Triple

T1655106
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Merchant E35779 entity
Predicate frequentCollaborator P11349 FINISHED
Object Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington is an English television personality, radio producer, author, and comedian best known for his deadpan, unintentionally philosophical observations on shows like "The Ricky Gervais Show" and "An Idiot Abroad."
E219887 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: Karl Pilkington | Statement: [Stephen Merchant, frequentCollaborator, Karl Pilkington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Pilkington
Context triple: [Stephen Merchant, frequentCollaborator, Karl Pilkington]
  • A. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • B. Julian Fry
    Julian Fry was the son of influential British art critic and painter Roger Fry, associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • C. Cyril Proudbottom
    Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
  • D. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • E. Colin Prockter
    Colin Prockter is a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the crime comedy film "The Gentlemen."
  • 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: Karl Pilkington
Triple: [Stephen Merchant, frequentCollaborator, Karl Pilkington]
Generated description
Karl Pilkington is an English television personality, radio producer, author, and comedian best known for his deadpan, unintentionally philosophical observations on shows like "The Ricky Gervais Show" and "An Idiot Abroad."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Pilkington
Target entity description: Karl Pilkington is an English television personality, radio producer, author, and comedian best known for his deadpan, unintentionally philosophical observations on shows like "The Ricky Gervais Show" and "An Idiot Abroad."
  • A. Frank Greystock
    Frank Greystock is a central figure in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novel "The Eustace Diamonds," portrayed as an ambitious yet morally conflicted politician entangled in complex romantic and social obligations.
  • B. Julian Fry
    Julian Fry was the son of influential British art critic and painter Roger Fry, associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • C. Cyril Proudbottom
    Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
  • D. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • E. Colin Prockter
    Colin Prockter is a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the crime comedy film "The Gentlemen."
  • 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a8b597c81908a62b41718d85df6 completed March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfb93ea5481908f21378715bab13d completed March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc81697c8190b0dd847649f28923 completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfdc8a7f481909b2ee0b4444cf4b9 completed March 8, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.