Triple

T8711829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition E206793 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Hal Lister
Hal Lister was a British explorer and scientist known for his role in pioneering overland exploration and scientific research during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of the late 1950s.
 E753754 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Hal Lister | Statement: [Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, Hal Lister]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hal Lister
Context triple: [Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, Hal Lister]
  • A. Kurt Farquhar
    Kurt Farquhar is an American television and film composer known for scoring numerous popular series, particularly in comedy and drama.
  • B. John Laurie
    John Laurie was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in classic British films and for playing Private Frazer in the television series "Dad's Army."
  • C. Frank Kurtz
    Frank Kurtz was a highly decorated American World War II bomber pilot and later an aviation executive, best known as the father of actress Swoosie Kurtz.
  • D. Tom Hallion
    Tom Hallion is a veteran Major League Baseball umpire known for his long career and distinctive strike call.
  • E. Charlie Gordon
    Charlie Gordon is the intellectually disabled man who undergoes experimental surgery to increase his intelligence in Daniel Keyes’s science fiction story "Flowers for Algernon."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hal Lister
Target entity description: Hal Lister was a British explorer and scientist known for his role in pioneering overland exploration and scientific research during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of the late 1950s.
  • A. Kurt Farquhar
    Kurt Farquhar is an American television and film composer known for scoring numerous popular series, particularly in comedy and drama.
  • B. John Laurie
    John Laurie was a Scottish actor best known for his roles in classic British films and for playing Private Frazer in the television series "Dad's Army."
  • C. Frank Kurtz
    Frank Kurtz was a highly decorated American World War II bomber pilot and later an aviation executive, best known as the father of actress Swoosie Kurtz.
  • D. Tom Hallion
    Tom Hallion is a veteran Major League Baseball umpire known for his long career and distinctive strike call.
  • E. Charlie Gordon
    Charlie Gordon is the intellectually disabled man who undergoes experimental surgery to increase his intelligence in Daniel Keyes’s science fiction story "Flowers for Algernon."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Hal Lister
Triple: [Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, Hal Lister]
Generated description
Hal Lister was a British explorer and scientist known for his role in pioneering overland exploration and scientific research during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of the late 1950s.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc5c32aebc8190ba19299ce9a18efd ner completed
NED1 batch_69cf28cd239c81909d1feb98b652eb26 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cf2cb3c4308190971fb3d25064f205 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cf2bd14c3c8190b43840ee57cca22c nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.