Triple

T1678642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Nighy E36288 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Francis Nighy
William Francis Nighy is an English actor best known for his versatile film, television, and stage performances, including roles in "Love Actually," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and numerous acclaimed British dramas.
E192502 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: William Francis Nighy | Statement: [Bill Nighy, birthName, William Francis Nighy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Francis Nighy
Context triple: [Bill Nighy, birthName, William Francis Nighy]
  • A. Colin Clive
    Colin Clive was a British actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Dr. Henry Frankenstein in the classic 1930s horror films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein."
  • B. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Powell
    George Powell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer noted for his Antarctic voyages and co-discovery of several sub-Antarctic islands.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Tom Courtenay
    Tom Courtenay is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in classic films such as "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and "Doctor Zhivago," as well as an extensive stage and television career.
  • 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: William Francis Nighy
Triple: [Bill Nighy, birthName, William Francis Nighy]
Generated description
William Francis Nighy is an English actor best known for his versatile film, television, and stage performances, including roles in "Love Actually," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and numerous acclaimed British dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Francis Nighy
Target entity description: William Francis Nighy is an English actor best known for his versatile film, television, and stage performances, including roles in "Love Actually," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and numerous acclaimed British dramas.
  • A. Colin Clive
    Colin Clive was a British actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Dr. Henry Frankenstein in the classic 1930s horror films "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein."
  • B. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Powell
    George Powell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer noted for his Antarctic voyages and co-discovery of several sub-Antarctic islands.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Tom Courtenay
    Tom Courtenay is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in classic films such as "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" and "Doctor Zhivago," as well as an extensive stage and television career.
  • 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa625f7e1081909c3c4fe76625783a completed March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8ac15c3c8190ba730217efd69a77 completed March 8, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad9575acf88190aa3fe80794534dd4 completed March 8, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad97a7128c819097ff36216f00d4f9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.