Triple
T5778657
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael Balcon |
E127505
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
|
E546175
|
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: The Titfield Thunderbolt | Statement: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, The Titfield Thunderbolt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Titfield Thunderbolt Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, The Titfield Thunderbolt]
-
A.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
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B.
Nine O'Clock Gun
The Nine O'Clock Gun is a historic naval cannon in Vancouver that is fired nightly as a time signal and popular local tradition.
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C.
Into the Little Hill
Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
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D.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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E.
The Kingham Plough
The Kingham Plough is a renowned country pub and restaurant in the Cotswold village of Kingham, known for its high-quality, locally sourced food and welcoming atmosphere.
- 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: The Titfield Thunderbolt Triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, The Titfield Thunderbolt]
Generated description
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Titfield Thunderbolt Target entity description: The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
-
A.
Besses o’ th’ Barn
Besses o’ th’ Barn is a suburban area in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a small settlement that grew around a coaching inn on the main road between Manchester and Bury.
-
B.
Nine O'Clock Gun
The Nine O'Clock Gun is a historic naval cannon in Vancouver that is fired nightly as a time signal and popular local tradition.
-
C.
Into the Little Hill
Into the Little Hill is a modern chamber opera by composer George Benjamin, known for its politically charged retelling of the Pied Piper story through an innovative, minimalist musical language.
-
D.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
-
E.
The Kingham Plough
The Kingham Plough is a renowned country pub and restaurant in the Cotswold village of Kingham, known for its high-quality, locally sourced food and welcoming atmosphere.
- 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_69c008361fa88190aefa4dc41b051e7f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029e107348190a03086f1cbfae0d3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e735f408190b188b94131f1e51b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08dc00df48190ad2cf716ad6eeb87 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08e3b05a881909892ce776309920d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.