Triple
T5320237
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Drake |
E121654
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Sinclair Alderdice
Alfred Sinclair Alderdice was the birth name of Canadian actor Tom Drake, best known for his role as "the boy next door" in the classic film *Meet Me in St. Louis*.
|
E516228
|
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: Alfred Sinclair Alderdice | Statement: [Tom Drake, birthName, Alfred Sinclair Alderdice]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Sinclair Alderdice Context triple: [Tom Drake, birthName, Alfred Sinclair Alderdice]
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A.
Oswald Millbank
Oswald Millbank is a character in Benjamin Disraeli’s novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," notable as the wealthy industrialist’s son whose friendship with the aristocratic hero highlights class and political tensions in 19th-century England.
-
B.
Basil Henson
Basil Henson was a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
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D.
William Thomas Brande
William Thomas Brande was a 19th-century English chemist known for his influential textbooks and contributions to chemical education and nomenclature.
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E.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor best known for playing Michael, the older brother, in the classic 1982 science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
- 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: Alfred Sinclair Alderdice Triple: [Tom Drake, birthName, Alfred Sinclair Alderdice]
Generated description
Alfred Sinclair Alderdice was the birth name of Canadian actor Tom Drake, best known for his role as "the boy next door" in the classic film *Meet Me in St. Louis*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Sinclair Alderdice Target entity description: Alfred Sinclair Alderdice was the birth name of Canadian actor Tom Drake, best known for his role as "the boy next door" in the classic film *Meet Me in St. Louis*.
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A.
Oswald Millbank
Oswald Millbank is a character in Benjamin Disraeli’s novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," notable as the wealthy industrialist’s son whose friendship with the aristocratic hero highlights class and political tensions in 19th-century England.
-
B.
Basil Henson
Basil Henson was a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
-
D.
William Thomas Brande
William Thomas Brande was a 19th-century English chemist known for his influential textbooks and contributions to chemical education and nomenclature.
-
E.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor best known for playing Michael, the older brother, in the classic 1982 science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
- 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_69bd8574c4b48190a0513ce59eedb564 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf290bb4148190b6f98fcd36d03c02 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf2a23ba1881909ddc549728bbc2d3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2e6d5f9081908327dff0058241f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.