Triple

T1943637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer E42011 entity
Predicate notableWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object David Langford
David Langford is a British science fiction author, critic, and fan writer renowned for his long-running fanzine "Ansible" and his multiple Hugo Awards for fan writing.
E244647 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: David Langford | Statement: [Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, notableWinner, David Langford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Langford
Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, notableWinner, David Langford]
  • A. Phil Woolpert
    Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
  • B. George Fenton
    George Fenton is a British composer best known for his acclaimed scores for film and landmark nature documentaries, including several BBC series.
  • C. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • D. Ken Farmer
    Ken Farmer is a notable individual recognized for his achievements and public prominence in his field.
  • E. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • 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: David Langford
Triple: [Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, notableWinner, David Langford]
Generated description
David Langford is a British science fiction author, critic, and fan writer renowned for his long-running fanzine "Ansible" and his multiple Hugo Awards for fan writing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Langford
Target entity description: David Langford is a British science fiction author, critic, and fan writer renowned for his long-running fanzine "Ansible" and his multiple Hugo Awards for fan writing.
  • A. Phil Woolpert
    Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
  • B. George Fenton
    George Fenton is a British composer best known for his acclaimed scores for film and landmark nature documentaries, including several BBC series.
  • C. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • D. Ken Farmer
    Ken Farmer is a notable individual recognized for his achievements and public prominence in his field.
  • E. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2fe04688190aa8461ba090c93a0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae65254bf48190bc12fb982dfde46c completed March 9, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae666bd32c81909ff15201757a6c76 completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae66d8ba688190a2102c00fc6231c4 completed March 9, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.