Triple

T3331711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thandiwe Newton E70046 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Nick Newton
Nick Newton is the father of acclaimed British actress Thandiwe Newton.
 E348017 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: Nick Newton | Statement: [Thandiwe Newton, father, Nick Newton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Newton
Context triple: [Thandiwe Newton, father, Nick Newton]
  • A. Tony Newton
    Tony Newton was a British Conservative politician who held several senior government positions, including serving in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's administrations.
  • B. Jonathan Stokes
    Jonathan Stokes was an 18th-century English physician and botanist associated with the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • C. Nick Laird
    Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
  • D. Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe was an American character actor known for his prolific career in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, often portraying dignified or scholarly supporting roles.
  • E. Jon Plowman
    Jon Plowman is a British television producer best known for his influential work on BBC comedies, including series such as Absolutely Fabulous and The Office.
  • 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: Nick Newton
Triple: [Thandiwe Newton, father, Nick Newton]
Generated description
Nick Newton is the father of acclaimed British actress Thandiwe Newton.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Newton
Target entity description: Nick Newton is the father of acclaimed British actress Thandiwe Newton.
  • A. Tony Newton
    Tony Newton was a British Conservative politician who held several senior government positions, including serving in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's administrations.
  • B. Jonathan Stokes
    Jonathan Stokes was an 18th-century English physician and botanist associated with the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • C. Nick Laird
    Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
  • D. Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe was an American character actor known for his prolific career in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, often portraying dignified or scholarly supporting roles.
  • E. Jon Plowman
    Jon Plowman is a British television producer best known for his influential work on BBC comedies, including series such as Absolutely Fabulous and The Office.
  • 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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb19358e48190a503af01b92273a4 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a841c608190942e040c14f560d2 completed March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c37f3a08190823c32e8f933ce82 completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31caa4e188190b4dfd613fdaebdb6 completed March 12, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.