Triple

T382251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The English Patient E8704 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
E55640 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: Clive Merrison | Statement: [The English Patient, castMember, Clive Merrison]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Merrison
Context triple: [The English Patient, castMember, Clive Merrison]
  • A. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • B. Sholto Douglas
    Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
  • C. Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
  • D. Benjamin Whitrow
    Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
  • E. Michael Caine
    Michael Caine is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinctive voice and versatile performances across decades of film, including frequent roles in Christopher Nolan’s movies.
  • 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: Clive Merrison
Triple: [The English Patient, castMember, Clive Merrison]
Generated description
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Merrison
Target entity description: Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
  • A. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • B. Sholto Douglas
    Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
  • C. Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
  • D. Benjamin Whitrow
    Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
  • E. Michael Caine
    Michael Caine is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinctive voice and versatile performances across decades of film, including frequent roles in Christopher Nolan’s movies.
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec2e3d5c8190b358bd9fd6b16a14 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a43e6b0d048190b9623bd47a86ecdd completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a43ed5a8588190801f63c206c4d294 completed March 1, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a43f5db50c8190bb63690cc84427ce completed March 1, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.