Triple
T17251304
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | And Now for Something Completely Different |
E418759
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ian MacNaughton |
E409511
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ian MacNaughton | Statement: [And Now for Something Completely Different, director, Ian MacNaughton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian MacNaughton Context triple: [And Now for Something Completely Different, director, Ian MacNaughton]
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A.
Ian MacNaughton
chosen
Ian MacNaughton was a Scottish television director and producer best known for directing the original Monty Python's Flying Circus series.
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B.
Andrew McNaughton
Andrew McNaughton was a Canadian army officer and engineer who rose to command major Canadian forces during the Second World War and later became an influential public figure.
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C.
Ian Boyd
Ian Boyd is a British middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, particularly in elite mile races.
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D.
James Crerar
James Crerar was a distinguished officer in the Indian Imperial Police, recognized for his notable service within the British colonial administration in India.
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E.
John Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, leading the Liberal Party.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42e694f788190a1c86e95264ed2fe |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0170fb89248190ae431ce51dfeaffd |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.