Triple

T16707425
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Donat E406007 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Richard Donat
Richard Donat is a Canadian actor and theatre director known for his work on stage and in film and television, and as the brother of fellow actor Peter Donat.
E1229388 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: Richard Donat | Statement: [Peter Donat, relative, Richard Donat]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Donat
Context triple: [Peter Donat, relative, Richard Donat]
  • A. Ronald Kinnoch
    Ronald Kinnoch was a British film producer best known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, including influential science fiction and horror titles.
  • B. Roger Neill
    Roger Neill is an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including his work on the acclaimed drama "20th Century Women."
  • C. Christopher George
    Christopher George was an American film and television actor best known for his tough-guy roles in action and war movies and for starring in the TV series "The Rat Patrol."
  • D. Richard Martin Lloyd Walters
    Richard Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is a pioneering British-American rapper famed for his storytelling style and influential role in the golden age of hip hop.
  • E. Lee Thompson
    Lee Thompson is a British saxophonist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the ska band Madness.
  • 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: Richard Donat
Triple: [Peter Donat, relative, Richard Donat]
Generated description
Richard Donat is a Canadian actor and theatre director known for his work on stage and in film and television, and as the brother of fellow actor Peter Donat.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Donat
Target entity description: Richard Donat is a Canadian actor and theatre director known for his work on stage and in film and television, and as the brother of fellow actor Peter Donat.
  • A. Ronald Kinnoch
    Ronald Kinnoch was a British film producer best known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, including influential science fiction and horror titles.
  • B. Roger Neill
    Roger Neill is an American composer best known for his film and television scores, including his work on the acclaimed drama "20th Century Women."
  • C. Christopher George
    Christopher George was an American film and television actor best known for his tough-guy roles in action and war movies and for starring in the TV series "The Rat Patrol."
  • D. Richard Martin Lloyd Walters
    Richard Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is a pioneering British-American rapper famed for his storytelling style and influential role in the golden age of hip hop.
  • E. Lee Thompson
    Lee Thompson is a British saxophonist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the ska band Madness.
  • 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_69d8838db21081909589220fd71440a4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e38337ecac8190bc4a9410ed7681ab completed April 18, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0091a50eac81908af26a5131bf0a6c completed May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00925fda608190b3674bd5e9ca6bf5 completed May 10, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00939075d88190a63cdd942eb3fea8 completed May 10, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.