Triple
T4888315
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St Hugh’s College, Oxford |
E109494
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer renowned for her psychological thrillers and influential contributions to contemporary crime fiction.
|
E477377
|
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: Val McDermid | Statement: [St Hugh’s College, Oxford, hasAlumnus, Val McDermid]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val McDermid Context triple: [St Hugh’s College, Oxford, hasAlumnus, Val McDermid]
-
A.
Moira Harris
Moira Harris is an American actress known for her film, television, and stage work, and for her long-time marriage to actor and director Gary Sinise.
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B.
Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner is an American author best known for her bestselling crime and psychological thriller novels, including the Detective D.D. Warren and FBI Profiler series.
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C.
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins is a British author best known for her psychological thriller novel "The Girl on the Train," which was adapted into the 2016 film of the same name.
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D.
Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters was the pen name of English writer Edith Pargeter, best known for her historical mystery novels featuring Brother Cadfael.
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E.
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer best known for her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series of forensic thrillers.
- 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: Val McDermid Triple: [St Hugh’s College, Oxford, hasAlumnus, Val McDermid]
Generated description
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer renowned for her psychological thrillers and influential contributions to contemporary crime fiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Val McDermid Target entity description: Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer renowned for her psychological thrillers and influential contributions to contemporary crime fiction.
-
A.
Moira Harris
Moira Harris is an American actress known for her film, television, and stage work, and for her long-time marriage to actor and director Gary Sinise.
-
B.
Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner is an American author best known for her bestselling crime and psychological thriller novels, including the Detective D.D. Warren and FBI Profiler series.
-
C.
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins is a British author best known for her psychological thriller novel "The Girl on the Train," which was adapted into the 2016 film of the same name.
-
D.
Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters was the pen name of English writer Edith Pargeter, best known for her historical mystery novels featuring Brother Cadfael.
-
E.
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer best known for her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series of forensic thrillers.
- 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_69bd440f71348190b99938e59fb7f9a1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6e053db8819087828e753c78d341 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be68126b288190889b2cf6e400ec0b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be6a64cc2481908d8e66518bad9ac6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be6ae548148190b16d4c9b17d3de9b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.