Triple
T2688878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David N. Payne |
E57549
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Neil Payne |
E57549
|
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: David Neil Payne | Statement: [David N. Payne, name, David Neil Payne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Neil Payne Context triple: [David N. Payne, name, David Neil Payne]
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A.
David N. Payne
chosen
David N. Payne is a British physicist renowned for pioneering work in optical fiber and photonics, including key contributions to the development of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers used in modern telecommunications.
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B.
David Pegg
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
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C.
David Hartnett
David Hartnett is a British civil servant best known for serving as the Permanent Secretary for Tax at HM Revenue and Customs, where he was the UK's top tax official.
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D.
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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E.
Don Nicholl
Don Nicholl was a British-born television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential American sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69ab4a5028388190a36f3baf1588309e |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd9f380d48190953529d23688a328 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afaf5e85bc81908ba1b1968cfa440a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.