Triple
T20929265
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Timeline (film) |
E515424
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Professor Edward Johnston |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Professor Edward Johnston | Statement: [Timeline (film), mainCharacter, Professor Edward Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Edward Johnston Context triple: [Timeline (film), mainCharacter, Professor Edward Johnston]
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A.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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B.
Geoffrey W. Petrie
Geoffrey W. Petrie is a New Zealand archaeologist and academic known for his contributions to the study of Pacific prehistory and material culture.
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C.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
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D.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Edward Johnston Target entity description: Professor Edward Johnston is a central character in the science fiction film "Timeline," portrayed as a historian and archaeologist whose disappearance in medieval France prompts a time-travel rescue mission by his students.
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A.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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B.
Geoffrey W. Petrie
Geoffrey W. Petrie is a New Zealand archaeologist and academic known for his contributions to the study of Pacific prehistory and material culture.
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C.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
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D.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Clarence Odbody
Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6f6545f8c81908a8c2f0e8d7b060e |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:49 p.m.