Triple

T3016671
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Singing Detective E82352 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter was a groundbreaking British television dramatist and screenwriter renowned for his innovative, psychologically rich works that often blended fantasy and reality.
E318194 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: Dennis Potter | Statement: [The Singing Detective, creator, Dennis Potter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Potter
Context triple: [The Singing Detective, creator, Dennis Potter]
  • A. Terry Nation
    Terry Nation was a British television writer best known for creating the Daleks and for his influential work on the science fiction series Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
  • B. Nigel Kneale
    Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter best known for his influential science fiction and horror work, particularly the Quatermass series.
  • C. John Mortimer
    John Mortimer was a British barrister, playwright, and author best known for creating the character Horace Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series.
  • D. Alan Bennett
    Alan Bennett is an acclaimed British playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author known for works such as "The History Boys," "Talking Heads," and "The Madness of King George."
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Dennis Potter
Triple: [The Singing Detective, creator, Dennis Potter]
Generated description
Dennis Potter was a groundbreaking British television dramatist and screenwriter renowned for his innovative, psychologically rich works that often blended fantasy and reality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Potter
Target entity description: Dennis Potter was a groundbreaking British television dramatist and screenwriter renowned for his innovative, psychologically rich works that often blended fantasy and reality.
  • A. Terry Nation
    Terry Nation was a British television writer best known for creating the Daleks and for his influential work on the science fiction series Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
  • B. Nigel Kneale
    Nigel Kneale was a British screenwriter best known for his influential science fiction and horror work, particularly the Quatermass series.
  • C. John Mortimer
    John Mortimer was a British barrister, playwright, and author best known for creating the character Horace Rumpole in the "Rumpole of the Bailey" series.
  • D. Alan Bennett
    Alan Bennett is an acclaimed British playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author known for works such as "The History Boys," "Talking Heads," and "The Madness of King George."
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9a6c56708190b7d8d08bca727cc1 completed March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e6eac1481909d56844e53c37b59 completed March 11, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12f26a8d08190be6023fb7e3ddee9 completed March 11, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1cb268d9881908766e50524b208cc completed March 11, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.