Triple

T5317780
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Tricks E121592 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
 E518213 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: Dennis Waterman | Statement: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, Dennis Waterman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dennis Waterman
Context triple: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, Dennis Waterman]
  • A. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • B. Richard Briers
    Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
  • C. Ian Richardson
    Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
  • D. David Hayman
    David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Dennis Waterman
Triple: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, Dennis Waterman]
Generated description
Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dennis Waterman
Target entity description: Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
  • A. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • B. Richard Briers
    Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
  • C. Ian Richardson
    Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
  • D. David Hayman
    David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69bd463d956c819088105c3db802c017 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd855269ac8190bb7a9248d04f1823 completed March 20, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3a8c43988190814e3b2cca509f15 completed March 22, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3b3a651c81908dc3a4ca76e0699d completed March 22, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3b9a2f78819093ab11fddaed71c3 completed March 22, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.