Triple
T3378209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords |
E71116
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresActor |
P15562
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Normington
John Normington was an English character actor known for his extensive work in British television, film, and theatre, including multiple appearances in the Doctor Who franchise.
|
E354194
|
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: John Normington | Statement: [The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords, featuresActor, John Normington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Normington Context triple: [The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords, featuresActor, John Normington]
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A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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B.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
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C.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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D.
John Raithby
John Raithby was a British legal writer and editor best known for his work on authoritative compilations of English statutes in the early 19th century.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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: John Normington Triple: [The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords, featuresActor, John Normington]
Generated description
John Normington was an English character actor known for his extensive work in British television, film, and theatre, including multiple appearances in the Doctor Who franchise.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Normington Target entity description: John Normington was an English character actor known for his extensive work in British television, film, and theatre, including multiple appearances in the Doctor Who franchise.
-
A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
-
B.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
-
C.
William Lambton
William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
-
D.
John Raithby
John Raithby was a British legal writer and editor best known for his work on authoritative compilations of English statutes in the early 19th century.
-
E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb2eacb5c81908071a1dacc9a897a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3344c0698819082d856d8be7f2c18 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b334e5171c8190a01bb6fef5644825 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3390c50b08190b6239b5f0d1eb4ba |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.