Triple

T6813058
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lanchester E156682 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object John Lanchester
John Lanchester is a British writer and journalist known for his novels, essays, and commentary on economics and contemporary society.
 E622418 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: John Lanchester | Statement: [Lanchester, usedBy, John Lanchester]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lanchester
Context triple: [Lanchester, usedBy, John Lanchester]
  • A. Jonathan Coe
    Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
  • B. Martin Sixsmith
    Martin Sixsmith is a British journalist, author, and former BBC correspondent known for his investigative writing, including the book that inspired the film "Philomena."
  • C. David Mitchell
    David Mitchell was an American scenic designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions, television shows, and films.
  • D. David Mitchell
    David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
  • E. Julian Barnes
    Julian Barnes is a distinguished contemporary English novelist and essayist known for his inventive narratives and exploration of memory, history, and identity.
  • 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: John Lanchester
Triple: [Lanchester, usedBy, John Lanchester]
Generated description
John Lanchester is a British writer and journalist known for his novels, essays, and commentary on economics and contemporary society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Lanchester
Target entity description: John Lanchester is a British writer and journalist known for his novels, essays, and commentary on economics and contemporary society.
  • A. Jonathan Coe
    Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
  • B. Martin Sixsmith
    Martin Sixsmith is a British journalist, author, and former BBC correspondent known for his investigative writing, including the book that inspired the film "Philomena."
  • C. David Mitchell
    David Mitchell was an American scenic designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions, television shows, and films.
  • D. David Mitchell
    David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
  • E. Julian Barnes
    Julian Barnes is a distinguished contemporary English novelist and essayist known for his inventive narratives and exploration of memory, history, and identity.
  • 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_69c68828b26c819090fe9df7612bbc27 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d32b012481909b73784899ec2a0d completed March 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c723da8fe08190b507e569a2511f5a completed March 28, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7266273fc8190acd2797981d3ca63 completed March 28, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c726c382308190ba3fe630f90b3d38 completed March 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:17 p.m.