Triple
T4029107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2 |
E83662
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian MacNaughton
Ian MacNaughton was a Scottish television director and producer best known for directing the original Monty Python's Flying Circus series.
|
E409511
|
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: Ian MacNaughton | Statement: [Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2, director, Ian MacNaughton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian MacNaughton Context triple: [Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2, director, Ian MacNaughton]
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A.
Andrew McNaughton
Andrew McNaughton was a Canadian army officer and engineer who rose to command major Canadian forces during the Second World War and later became an influential public figure.
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B.
Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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C.
George Gittoes
George Gittoes is an Australian artist and filmmaker renowned for his powerful depictions of war and social injustice.
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D.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
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E.
Gordon Bethune
Gordon Bethune is an American airline executive best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Continental Airlines in the 1990s.
- 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: Ian MacNaughton Triple: [Monty Python's Flying Circus season 2, director, Ian MacNaughton]
Generated description
Ian MacNaughton was a Scottish television director and producer best known for directing the original Monty Python's Flying Circus series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian MacNaughton Target entity description: Ian MacNaughton was a Scottish television director and producer best known for directing the original Monty Python's Flying Circus series.
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A.
Andrew McNaughton
Andrew McNaughton was a Canadian army officer and engineer who rose to command major Canadian forces during the Second World War and later became an influential public figure.
-
B.
Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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C.
George Gittoes
George Gittoes is an Australian artist and filmmaker renowned for his powerful depictions of war and social injustice.
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D.
Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Sinclair was a Canadian journalist, radio and television commentator, and author best known for his long career with the CBC and his patriotic broadcast "The Americans."
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E.
Gordon Bethune
Gordon Bethune is an American airline executive best known for leading the dramatic turnaround of Continental Airlines in the 1990s.
- 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_69aed92e29ac819080f7a98b594fec05 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefaf066b08190afbb4a18ddc8d67e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b556358f148190be7008092d0023af |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b55a5b292481908723530461bad562 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b55ae09ac48190a014aaf5b309e029 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m.