Triple
T8338841
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead |
E195857
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald James Nicholls
Donald James Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, is a British jurist and former Law Lord renowned for his influential judgments in the House of Lords.
|
E728342
|
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: Donald James Nicholls | Statement: [Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, name, Donald James Nicholls]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald James Nicholls Context triple: [Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, name, Donald James Nicholls]
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A.
Angus Sampson
Angus Sampson is an Australian actor, writer, and director known for his roles in genre films and television series, including the Insidious horror franchise.
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B.
J. J. Nickson
J. J. Nickson was one of the contributing scientists involved in drafting the Franck Report, a key document in the Manhattan Project that urged caution and international control over nuclear weapons.
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C.
Malcolm Nichols
Malcolm Nichols was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston in the 1920s.
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D.
Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown was an American illustrator best known for his dramatic and dynamic movie poster art for numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films, especially in the science fiction and horror genres.
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E.
Allan Nicholls
Allan Nicholls is an American actor, director, and musician best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Robert Altman in 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: Donald James Nicholls Triple: [Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, name, Donald James Nicholls]
Generated description
Donald James Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, is a British jurist and former Law Lord renowned for his influential judgments in the House of Lords.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald James Nicholls Target entity description: Donald James Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, is a British jurist and former Law Lord renowned for his influential judgments in the House of Lords.
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A.
Angus Sampson
Angus Sampson is an Australian actor, writer, and director known for his roles in genre films and television series, including the Insidious horror franchise.
-
B.
J. J. Nickson
J. J. Nickson was one of the contributing scientists involved in drafting the Franck Report, a key document in the Manhattan Project that urged caution and international control over nuclear weapons.
-
C.
Malcolm Nichols
Malcolm Nichols was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston in the 1920s.
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D.
Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown was an American illustrator best known for his dramatic and dynamic movie poster art for numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films, especially in the science fiction and horror genres.
-
E.
Allan Nicholls
Allan Nicholls is an American actor, director, and musician best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Robert Altman in 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7fd68e348190a7cb8639a263b50f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc71a9abc8190881ff73c6fe851cd |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdcb90bec88190a2c19681405aa13e |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdcd0fc9488190a0a576c385b9bc1f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.