Triple

T6635537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Extra Day E150440 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.
 E606437 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Colin Gordon | Statement: [The Extra Day, starring, Colin Gordon]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colin Gordon
Context triple: [The Extra Day, starring, Colin Gordon]
  • A. Colin Turnbull
    Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
  • B. Gerald Aungier
    Gerald Aungier was a 17th-century English colonial administrator of the East India Company who significantly developed Bombay into a major commercial and administrative center.
  • C. Roderic Hill
    Roderic Hill was a British air chief marshal and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London after a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force.
  • D. Peter S. Elliot
    Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
  • E. Graham Stanton
    Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colin Gordon
Target entity description: Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.
  • A. Colin Turnbull
    Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
  • B. Gerald Aungier
    Gerald Aungier was a 17th-century English colonial administrator of the East India Company who significantly developed Bombay into a major commercial and administrative center.
  • C. Roderic Hill
    Roderic Hill was a British air chief marshal and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London after a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force.
  • D. Peter S. Elliot
    Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
  • E. Graham Stanton
    Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Colin Gordon
Triple: [The Extra Day, starring, Colin Gordon]
Generated description
Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687f0ceb08190bf40807bfc605fa5 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6afcd9a608190a949eb55766d5701 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c6e4518f4881909c0a56df993d2af6 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c6e616701081909428e20d2a6ede4b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c6e57e4b5481908db848f119f2079a nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.