Triple
T4192115
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Blink |
E89059
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hettie MacDonald
Hettie MacDonald is a British film and television director best known for her work on projects such as the acclaimed Doctor Who episode "Blink."
|
E420306
|
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: Hettie MacDonald | Statement: [Blink, director, Hettie MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hettie MacDonald Context triple: [Blink, director, Hettie MacDonald]
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A.
Margaret MacDonald
Margaret MacDonald was a British socialist activist and feminist, known for her work in social reform and as the wife of future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
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B.
Mary McDougall
Mary McDougall is known primarily as the daughter of American Revolutionary War officer and political leader Alexander McDougall.
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C.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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D.
Margaret Durkan
Margaret Durkan is a notable individual recognized for bearing the Durkan surname, likely distinguished in a professional, public, or cultural field.
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E.
Helen Muir
Helen Muir was the daughter of famed naturalist and conservationist John Muir, who helped preserve and promote her father's legacy.
- 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: Hettie MacDonald Triple: [Blink, director, Hettie MacDonald]
Generated description
Hettie MacDonald is a British film and television director best known for her work on projects such as the acclaimed Doctor Who episode "Blink."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hettie MacDonald Target entity description: Hettie MacDonald is a British film and television director best known for her work on projects such as the acclaimed Doctor Who episode "Blink."
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A.
Margaret MacDonald
Margaret MacDonald was a British socialist activist and feminist, known for her work in social reform and as the wife of future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
-
B.
Mary McDougall
Mary McDougall is known primarily as the daughter of American Revolutionary War officer and political leader Alexander McDougall.
-
C.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
-
D.
Margaret Durkan
Margaret Durkan is a notable individual recognized for bearing the Durkan surname, likely distinguished in a professional, public, or cultural field.
-
E.
Helen Muir
Helen Muir was the daughter of famed naturalist and conservationist John Muir, who helped preserve and promote her father's legacy.
- 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_69aed9569a4481908b6c1fcec2a11e21 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af034169f88190a8eb170ba6008b79 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b58a08bb6881909bdd7643626e1a64 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b58a9497b88190a46afd8b1996fed9 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b58b26e4208190b4ec30a3b635194b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.