Triple
T1678675
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Nighy |
E36288
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterPortrayed |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam (About Time)
Sam is a character from the romantic comedy-drama film "About Time," portrayed by actor Bill Nighy.
|
E190458
|
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: Sam (About Time) | Statement: [Bill Nighy, characterPortrayed, Sam (About Time)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam (About Time) Context triple: [Bill Nighy, characterPortrayed, Sam (About Time)]
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A.
Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
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B.
Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
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C.
Colin
Colin is a masculine given name of Irish and Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Liam
Liam is a popular masculine given name of Irish origin, commonly understood as a short form of William.
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E.
Noel
"Noel" is a critically acclaimed episode of *The West Wing* centered on Josh Lyman’s struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder during the holiday season.
- 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: Sam (About Time) Triple: [Bill Nighy, characterPortrayed, Sam (About Time)]
Generated description
Sam is a character from the romantic comedy-drama film "About Time," portrayed by actor Bill Nighy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam (About Time) Target entity description: Sam is a character from the romantic comedy-drama film "About Time," portrayed by actor Bill Nighy.
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A.
Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
-
B.
Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
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C.
Colin
Colin is a masculine given name of Irish and Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
-
D.
Liam
Liam is a popular masculine given name of Irish origin, commonly understood as a short form of William.
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E.
Noel
Noel is the middle name of Charles Noel Carnegie, the 10th Earl of Southesk, a Scottish nobleman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69ad71ba4db08190a532fb334fd0cd23 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad73cfce488190b0ed6b85713281d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad74401cbc8190bfaba1e9f32810bc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.