Triple
T499275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Man |
E10363
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter and author known for his work on films such as "24 Hour Party People" and "Millions," as well as for writing acclaimed children's books.
|
E62133
|
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: Frank Cottrell-Boyce | Statement: [The Railway Man, screenwriter, Frank Cottrell-Boyce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Cottrell-Boyce Context triple: [The Railway Man, screenwriter, Frank Cottrell-Boyce]
-
A.
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies is a renowned British screenwriter celebrated for his acclaimed television adaptations of classic literature, including numerous works by Jane Austen.
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B.
Claire Finn
Claire Finn is a skilled and compassionate chief medical officer aboard the exploratory spaceship in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
James Howe Jr.
James Howe Jr. was a 17th-century New England colonist known primarily as the husband of Elizabeth Howe, one of the women executed during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Simon Bird
Simon Bird is an English actor and comedian best known for playing Will McKenzie in the sitcom "The Inbetweeners."
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E.
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist and essayist renowned for her critically acclaimed debut "White Teeth" and her incisive explorations of race, identity, and contemporary multicultural life.
- 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: Frank Cottrell-Boyce Triple: [The Railway Man, screenwriter, Frank Cottrell-Boyce]
Generated description
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter and author known for his work on films such as "24 Hour Party People" and "Millions," as well as for writing acclaimed children's books.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Cottrell-Boyce Target entity description: Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter and author known for his work on films such as "24 Hour Party People" and "Millions," as well as for writing acclaimed children's books.
-
A.
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies is a renowned British screenwriter celebrated for his acclaimed television adaptations of classic literature, including numerous works by Jane Austen.
-
B.
Claire Finn
Claire Finn is a skilled and compassionate chief medical officer aboard the exploratory spaceship in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
-
C.
James Howe Jr.
James Howe Jr. was a 17th-century New England colonist known primarily as the husband of Elizabeth Howe, one of the women executed during the Salem witch trials.
-
D.
Simon Bird
Simon Bird is an English actor and comedian best known for playing Will McKenzie in the sitcom "The Inbetweeners."
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E.
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist and essayist renowned for her critically acclaimed debut "White Teeth" and her incisive explorations of race, identity, and contemporary multicultural life.
- 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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f119b14c8190a5a6b119579c2682 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a481f1ee28819087e90028b89e877e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a482749e78819093f8f81090eedfa2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a483073dcc8190b05f89a81207d3d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.