Triple
T17008984
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard Marks |
E412646
|
entity |
| Predicate | alias |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald Nice
Donald Nice is an alias used by Howard Marks, the notorious Welsh drug smuggler and author.
|
E1247260
|
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: Donald Nice | Statement: [Howard Marks, alias, Donald Nice]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Nice Context triple: [Howard Marks, alias, Donald Nice]
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A.
Harvey Kinkle
Harvey Kinkle is Sabrina Spellman's kind-hearted, often clueless mortal boyfriend in the "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" franchise.
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B.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
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C.
Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
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D.
Tom Natsworthy
Tom Natsworthy is the young, idealistic historian’s apprentice who becomes an unlikely hero in the post-apocalyptic, mobile-city world of Mortal Engines.
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E.
Stanley Mott
Stanley Mott is a central fictional aerospace engineer and spaceflight pioneer in James A. Michener’s novel "Space."
- 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: Donald Nice Triple: [Howard Marks, alias, Donald Nice]
Generated description
Donald Nice is an alias used by Howard Marks, the notorious Welsh drug smuggler and author.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Nice Target entity description: Donald Nice is an alias used by Howard Marks, the notorious Welsh drug smuggler and author.
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A.
Harvey Kinkle
Harvey Kinkle is Sabrina Spellman's kind-hearted, often clueless mortal boyfriend in the "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" franchise.
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B.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
-
C.
Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
-
D.
Tom Natsworthy
Tom Natsworthy is the young, idealistic historian’s apprentice who becomes an unlikely hero in the post-apocalyptic, mobile-city world of Mortal Engines.
-
E.
Stanley Mott
Stanley Mott is a central fictional aerospace engineer and spaceflight pioneer in James A. Michener’s novel "Space."
- 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d3853f548190910240a2145cc890 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01233134288190bbe151f257150dfb |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0123ec3e0c8190bcd00ea524f22a90 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01245e0cdc8190994c36242da8eb8b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.