Triple

T5203459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silent Witness E117450 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Nigel McCrery
Nigel McCrery is a British television writer and former police officer best known for creating crime drama series such as "Silent Witness."
E523631 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: Nigel McCrery | Statement: [Silent Witness, creator, Nigel McCrery]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel McCrery
Context triple: [Silent Witness, creator, Nigel McCrery]
  • A. Nigel Birch
    Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
  • B. Nigel Williams
    Nigel Williams is a British novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his work in television dramas and literary fiction.
  • C. Nigel Powers
    Nigel Powers is a character in the Austin Powers film series, portrayed as Austin Powers' brash, no-nonsense father with a military background and a sharp sense of humor.
  • D. Nigel Sinclair
    Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
  • E. Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport was a distinguished English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre from the 1950s through the 1990s.
  • 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: Nigel McCrery
Triple: [Silent Witness, creator, Nigel McCrery]
Generated description
Nigel McCrery is a British television writer and former police officer best known for creating crime drama series such as "Silent Witness."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel McCrery
Target entity description: Nigel McCrery is a British television writer and former police officer best known for creating crime drama series such as "Silent Witness."
  • A. Nigel Birch
    Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
  • B. Nigel Williams
    Nigel Williams is a British novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his work in television dramas and literary fiction.
  • C. Nigel Powers
    Nigel Powers is a character in the Austin Powers film series, portrayed as Austin Powers' brash, no-nonsense father with a military background and a sharp sense of humor.
  • D. Nigel Sinclair
    Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
  • E. Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport was a distinguished English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre from the 1950s through the 1990s.
  • 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_69bd4463dd3c81909966123f20b79d57 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7a46393c81908da08f4fbfb6147d completed March 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf486fb3f48190a07829bcb9d0f521 completed March 22, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf64fb8df481908efa5b04064ccefa completed March 22, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf658bcdf48190b6ce8516ede54816 completed March 22, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.