Triple

T6827638
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ficciones E157055 entity
Predicate translator P5475 FINISHED
Object Alastair Reid
Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
 E649119 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: Alastair Reid | Statement: [Ficciones, translator, Alastair Reid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alastair Reid
Context triple: [Ficciones, translator, Alastair Reid]
  • A. Alastair Redfern
    Alastair Redfern is an Anglican bishop and theologian who has served in senior roles within the Church of England, including as Bishop of Woolwich and later Bishop of Derby.
  • B. Alastair Stewart
    Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
  • C. Alastair Kerr
    Alastair Kerr is a historian and author known for his works on Scottish history and biography.
  • D. Nick Laird
    Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
  • E. Alistair Hennessey
    Alistair Hennessey is a suave, competitive oceanographer and rival of Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
  • 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: Alastair Reid
Triple: [Ficciones, translator, Alastair Reid]
Generated description
Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alastair Reid
Target entity description: Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
  • A. Alastair Redfern
    Alastair Redfern is an Anglican bishop and theologian who has served in senior roles within the Church of England, including as Bishop of Woolwich and later Bishop of Derby.
  • B. Alastair Stewart
    Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
  • C. Alastair Kerr
    Alastair Kerr is a historian and author known for his works on Scottish history and biography.
  • D. Nick Laird
    Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
  • E. Alistair Hennessey
    Alistair Hennessey is a suave, competitive oceanographer and rival of Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
  • 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_69c6882a5b5c8190917a7db9ed36bad1 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d58583a4819099edbf753c7c7087 completed March 27, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7bf6c62948190a8e8f0d8f259ba42 completed March 28, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7c0cb1bc0819096daae8ab2202f0b completed March 28, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7c1352f8881909c3a7d03a5f2a5b1 completed March 28, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.