Triple

T2487180
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Body of Lies E55952 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney is a British actor, writer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for founding the acclaimed theatre company Complicité.
E271308 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: Simon McBurney | Statement: [Body of Lies, starring, Simon McBurney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon McBurney
Context triple: [Body of Lies, starring, Simon McBurney]
  • A. Joseph Godber
    Joseph Godber was a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in agriculture and foreign affairs.
  • B. Simon Gage
    Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
  • C. Steven Pemberton
    Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
  • D. Ed Byrne
    Ed Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational humor and frequent appearances on British television panel shows.
  • E. Tim Bevan
    Tim Bevan is a British film producer and co-founder of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous acclaimed UK and international movies.
  • 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: Simon McBurney
Triple: [Body of Lies, starring, Simon McBurney]
Generated description
Simon McBurney is a British actor, writer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for founding the acclaimed theatre company Complicité.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon McBurney
Target entity description: Simon McBurney is a British actor, writer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for founding the acclaimed theatre company Complicité.
  • A. Joseph Godber
    Joseph Godber was a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in agriculture and foreign affairs.
  • B. Simon Gage
    Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
  • C. Steven Pemberton
    Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
  • D. Ed Byrne
    Ed Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational humor and frequent appearances on British television panel shows.
  • E. Tim Bevan
    Tim Bevan is a British film producer and co-founder of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous acclaimed UK and international movies.
  • 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd1782ca081909645164a6acf0ea0 completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17bca6f88190a63672fb3372f0be completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1b7224488190bf896b2c77c3ba0a completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1c7b0f088190870b2ed18756b0d5 completed March 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.