Triple

T8992285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Khartoum (1966 film) E214818 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object Peter Thornton
Peter Thornton was a film editor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on major British and international productions.
 E770548 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: Peter Thornton | Statement: [Khartoum (1966 film), editor, Peter Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter Thornton
Context triple: [Khartoum (1966 film), editor, Peter Thornton]
  • A. David Thornton
    David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
  • B. Peter Horbury
    Peter Horbury was a prominent British automotive designer and executive known for leading design at major car manufacturers including Volvo, Ford, Geely, and later Lotus.
  • C. Frank Thornton
    Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
  • D. Peter Garnsey
    Peter Garnsey is a prominent historian of the ancient world, particularly known for his influential scholarship on the social, economic, and legal history of the Roman Empire.
  • E. Peter Armitage
    Peter Armitage was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Bill Webster in the soap opera "Coronation Street."
  • 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: Peter Thornton
Triple: [Khartoum (1966 film), editor, Peter Thornton]
Generated description
Peter Thornton was a film editor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on major British and international productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter Thornton
Target entity description: Peter Thornton was a film editor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on major British and international productions.
  • A. David Thornton
    David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
  • B. Peter Horbury
    Peter Horbury was a prominent British automotive designer and executive known for leading design at major car manufacturers including Volvo, Ford, Geely, and later Lotus.
  • C. Frank Thornton
    Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
  • D. Peter Garnsey
    Peter Garnsey is a prominent historian of the ancient world, particularly known for his influential scholarship on the social, economic, and legal history of the Roman Empire.
  • E. Peter Armitage
    Peter Armitage was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Bill Webster in the soap opera "Coronation Street."
  • 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6876583081909d936dc3c3152587 completed April 1, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd0c9659c8190ae7ff5df8e016d17 completed April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd16959f88190b153766133ffe0dc completed April 3, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd1da79b8819096d753ea7836265c completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.