Triple
T17217494
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Major Boothroyd |
E417889
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Geoffrey Boothroyd
Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British firearms expert and consultant best known for advising Ian Fleming on James Bond’s weaponry, inspiring the character Major Boothroyd, later known as Q, in the Bond series.
|
E1258337
|
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: Geoffrey Boothroyd | Statement: [Major Boothroyd, basedOn, Geoffrey Boothroyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Boothroyd Context triple: [Major Boothroyd, basedOn, Geoffrey Boothroyd]
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A.
Geoffrey Howe
Geoffrey Howe was a prominent British Conservative politician who served as Margaret Thatcher’s first Chancellor of the Exchequer and later as Foreign Secretary, playing a key role in shaping the UK’s economic policies in the 1980s.
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B.
Duncan Sandys
Duncan Sandys was a British Conservative politician, government minister, and son-in-law of Winston Churchill who played a prominent role in defense and colonial policy during and after World War II.
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C.
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke is a veteran British Conservative politician who has held several senior Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is known for his pro-European views and long parliamentary career.
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D.
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington was a 19th-century British Liberal politician and peer who served in various governmental and court positions, including as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Victoria.
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E.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
- 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: Geoffrey Boothroyd Triple: [Major Boothroyd, basedOn, Geoffrey Boothroyd]
Generated description
Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British firearms expert and consultant best known for advising Ian Fleming on James Bond’s weaponry, inspiring the character Major Boothroyd, later known as Q, in the Bond series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Boothroyd Target entity description: Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British firearms expert and consultant best known for advising Ian Fleming on James Bond’s weaponry, inspiring the character Major Boothroyd, later known as Q, in the Bond series.
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A.
Geoffrey Howe
Geoffrey Howe was a prominent British Conservative politician who served as Margaret Thatcher’s first Chancellor of the Exchequer and later as Foreign Secretary, playing a key role in shaping the UK’s economic policies in the 1980s.
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B.
Duncan Sandys
Duncan Sandys was a British Conservative politician, government minister, and son-in-law of Winston Churchill who played a prominent role in defense and colonial policy during and after World War II.
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C.
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke is a veteran British Conservative politician who has held several senior Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is known for his pro-European views and long parliamentary career.
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D.
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington was a 19th-century British Liberal politician and peer who served in various governmental and court positions, including as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Victoria.
-
E.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
- 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dda6e6c81908dd96f653cd2cba0 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01675381a0819094ed04eac636440b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a016b8609dc8190bfd3e1b6ff715d65 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a016c5018e48190974c124c3433bcc6 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.