Triple

T7506251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Chamberlain E177395 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object John Blackthorne
John Blackthorne is the English navigator and samurai-in-training protagonist of James Clavell’s novel "Shōgun," who becomes deeply entangled in the political and cultural intrigues of feudal Japan.
E668861 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 Blackthorne | Statement: [Richard Chamberlain, portrayed, John Blackthorne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Blackthorne
Context triple: [Richard Chamberlain, portrayed, John Blackthorne]
  • A. Paul Blackthorne
    Paul Blackthorne is a British actor best known for his role as Detective Quentin Lance on the television series "Arrow."
  • B. Andrew Clavert
    Andrew Clavert is a musician best known for having been a member of the alternative rock band The Breeders.
  • C. Edward Prior
    Edward Prior was a prominent British architect and key figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, known for his influential role in promoting craftsmanship and artistic collaboration.
  • D. Bartholomew Allerton
    Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
  • E. Charles Drake
    Charles Drake was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television series from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • 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 Blackthorne
Triple: [Richard Chamberlain, portrayed, John Blackthorne]
Generated description
John Blackthorne is the English navigator and samurai-in-training protagonist of James Clavell’s novel "Shōgun," who becomes deeply entangled in the political and cultural intrigues of feudal Japan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Blackthorne
Target entity description: John Blackthorne is the English navigator and samurai-in-training protagonist of James Clavell’s novel "Shōgun," who becomes deeply entangled in the political and cultural intrigues of feudal Japan.
  • A. Paul Blackthorne
    Paul Blackthorne is a British actor best known for his role as Detective Quentin Lance on the television series "Arrow."
  • B. Andrew Clavert
    Andrew Clavert is a musician best known for having been a member of the alternative rock band The Breeders.
  • C. Edward Prior
    Edward Prior was a prominent British architect and key figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, known for his influential role in promoting craftsmanship and artistic collaboration.
  • D. Bartholomew Allerton
    Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
  • E. Charles Drake
    Charles Drake was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television series from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • 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_69c69f276b108190af2cc790b6554544 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f5b5fcd88190ab4ab0ba96a6aa4b completed March 27, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83ca243288190bb253f4d91701407 completed March 28, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83d5884a88190a22c0fb54f9731c7 completed March 28, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c84071abb88190a2dadd57ff088f3d completed March 28, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:45 p.m.