Triple

T7453848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ricky Gervais E172070 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Gervais
Gervais is the surname of British comedian, actor, writer, and director Ricky Gervais, best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of "The Office."
 E665217 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: Gervais | Statement: [Ricky Gervais, familyName, Gervais]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gervais
Context triple: [Ricky Gervais, familyName, Gervais]
  • A. Gilles
    Gilles is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used as a variant of the name Gil or Giles.
  • B. Étienne
    Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
  • C. Hugues
    Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
  • D. Guillaume
    Guillaume is the French form of the given name William, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
  • E. Firmin
    Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
  • 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: Gervais
Triple: [Ricky Gervais, familyName, Gervais]
Generated description
Gervais is the surname of British comedian, actor, writer, and director Ricky Gervais, best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of "The Office."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gervais
Target entity description: Gervais is the surname of British comedian, actor, writer, and director Ricky Gervais, best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • A. Gilles
    Gilles is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used as a variant of the name Gil or Giles.
  • B. Étienne
    Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
  • C. Hugues
    Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
  • D. Guillaume
    Guillaume is the French form of the given name William, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
  • E. Firmin
    Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
  • 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_69c68a66554c8190add75c65942c0317 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f3ac5c2081908ab03f8bd4586f94 completed March 27, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c827bedc408190a9a77f293fb12762 completed March 28, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8290c62d0819080a1e1820364da88 completed March 28, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c82958eddc8190ad1697969241ec39 completed March 28, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.