Triple
T8705516
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ansible |
E206637
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Langford |
E244647
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: David Langford | Statement: [Ansible, publisher, David Langford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Langford Context triple: [Ansible, publisher, David Langford]
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A.
David Langford
chosen
David Langford is a British science fiction author, critic, and fan writer renowned for his long-running fanzine "Ansible" and his multiple Hugo Awards for fan writing.
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B.
Stephen Langridge
Stephen Langridge is a British opera and theatre director known for leading major European opera institutions and for his innovative, often socially engaged productions.
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C.
David Baulcombe
David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA silencing and gene regulation in plants.
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D.
David Wardle
David Wardle is an illustrator and graphic designer known for creating book cover art, including the cover of Boris Johnson’s novel "Seventy-Two Virgins."
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E.
James Dunne
James Dunne is a songwriter best known for co-writing the hit ballad "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," popularized by Anne Murray and later Whitney Houston.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca835645e881908f00e3c8b51da81d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc58fb43f081909df5d1e31cb1ec04 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf5165c7708190988eeacf4789b708 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:34 p.m.