Triple
T4170295
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Basil Fawlty |
E84545
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableInteraction |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major Gowen
Major Gowen is a bumbling, elderly retired military officer and long-term resident at the British sitcom Fawlty Towers' hotel, known for his vague eccentricity and obliviousness.
|
E417885
|
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: Major Gowen | Statement: [Basil Fawlty, notableInteraction, Major Gowen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Gowen Context triple: [Basil Fawlty, notableInteraction, Major Gowen]
-
A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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B.
Major Applegate
Major Applegate is a comic big-game hunter character in the classic screwball film "Bringing Up Baby."
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C.
Major John Howard
Major John Howard was a British Army officer renowned for leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings in World War II.
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D.
Major Frank Goodden
Major Frank Goodden was a British test pilot and aviation pioneer closely associated with the Royal Aircraft Factory during World War I.
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E.
Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
- 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: Major Gowen Triple: [Basil Fawlty, notableInteraction, Major Gowen]
Generated description
Major Gowen is a bumbling, elderly retired military officer and long-term resident at the British sitcom Fawlty Towers' hotel, known for his vague eccentricity and obliviousness.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Gowen Target entity description: Major Gowen is a bumbling, elderly retired military officer and long-term resident at the British sitcom Fawlty Towers' hotel, known for his vague eccentricity and obliviousness.
-
A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
-
B.
Major Applegate
Major Applegate is a comic big-game hunter character in the classic screwball film "Bringing Up Baby."
-
C.
Major John Howard
Major John Howard was a British Army officer renowned for leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings in World War II.
-
D.
Major Frank Goodden
Major Frank Goodden was a British test pilot and aviation pioneer closely associated with the Royal Aircraft Factory during World War I.
-
E.
Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
- 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_69aed932cab48190b80ffe35f7029ae1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af02c87cc88190a9ec3712db18a8a7 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b57f4ef1a08190a232ed94595a86e8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b580e08e888190b48ddae4435c984a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5817b52bc8190aba6863a9ef05acf |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.