Triple
T4203986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover |
E86137
|
entity |
| Predicate | leadActor |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alan Howard
Alan Howard was an English actor known for his distinguished stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and notable film roles.
|
E423468
|
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: Alan Howard | Statement: [The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, leadActor, Alan Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Howard Context triple: [The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, leadActor, Alan Howard]
-
A.
Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
-
B.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
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C.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
Michael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale was a distinguished French-English actor known for his versatile performances in European cinema and Hollywood films, including roles in "The Day of the Jackal" and the James Bond film "Moonraker."
-
E.
Michael Kane
Michael Kane is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1983 American sports drama film "All the Right Moves."
- 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: Alan Howard Triple: [The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, leadActor, Alan Howard]
Generated description
Alan Howard was an English actor known for his distinguished stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and notable film roles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Howard Target entity description: Alan Howard was an English actor known for his distinguished stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and notable film roles.
-
A.
Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
-
B.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
-
C.
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
-
D.
Michael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale was a distinguished French-English actor known for his versatile performances in European cinema and Hollywood films, including roles in "The Day of the Jackal" and the James Bond film "Moonraker."
-
E.
Michael Kane
Michael Kane is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1983 American sports drama film "All the Right Moves."
- 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_69aed93b89f48190a31f6d57c760e42f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af0380d470819091ffdb1161437266 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a84d00b8819082982c4d229c450e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5a983cfd88190b702c420d6dbc201 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5aa00bcd88190ad2fba212861c712 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.