Triple

T2745537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harold Shipman E60857 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Shipman
Shipman is a surname most infamously associated with Harold Shipman, the English general practitioner who became one of history’s most prolific serial killers.
 E294660 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: Shipman | Statement: [Harold Shipman, familyName, Shipman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shipman
Context triple: [Harold Shipman, familyName, Shipman]
  • A. Scudder
    Scudder is a family surname that may refer to various individuals, including the fictional Mrs. Scudder and other real or literary figures bearing that name.
  • B. Penniman
    Penniman is the surname of rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, whose full name was Richard Wayne Penniman.
  • C. Hawkes
    Hawkes is the surname of Sylvia Ashley, a British model, actress, and socialite known for her high-profile marriages in the early 20th century.
  • D. Callahan
    Callahan is a surname most notably associated with American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, known for his introspective and minimalist folk music.
  • E. Figan
    Figan is an individual known primarily through their familial relationship as the child of Flo.
  • 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: Shipman
Triple: [Harold Shipman, familyName, Shipman]
Generated description
Shipman is a surname most infamously associated with Harold Shipman, the English general practitioner who became one of history’s most prolific serial killers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shipman
Target entity description: Shipman is a surname most infamously associated with Harold Shipman, the English general practitioner who became one of history’s most prolific serial killers.
  • A. Scudder
    Scudder is a family surname that may refer to various individuals, including the fictional Mrs. Scudder and other real or literary figures bearing that name.
  • B. Penniman
    Penniman is the surname of rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, whose full name was Richard Wayne Penniman.
  • C. Hawkes
    Hawkes is the surname of Sylvia Ashley, a British model, actress, and socialite known for her high-profile marriages in the early 20th century.
  • D. Callahan
    Callahan is a surname most notably associated with American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, known for his introspective and minimalist folk music.
  • E. Figan
    Figan is an individual known primarily through their familial relationship as the child of Flo.
  • 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_69ab4b79846081909096725374d65ce9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb4d37a481908cc2ad4666f3ac94 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbcebe788190aa2b40158b64b7b2 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbceb981c819095038ac01d98fb45 completed March 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd5e28f481909d82e42c33e4ef86 completed March 10, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.