Triple
T9392178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Boyd |
E226050
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Boyd |
E226050
|
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: William Boyd | Statement: [William Boyd, name, William Boyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Boyd Context triple: [William Boyd, name, William Boyd]
-
A.
William Boyd
chosen
William Boyd was an American actor best known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in numerous films and early television.
-
B.
Louis de Bernières
Louis de Bernières is a British novelist best known for works such as "Captain Corelli’s Mandolin" and the novella "Red Dog," which inspired the film of the same name.
-
C.
David Urquhart
David Urquhart was a 19th-century Scottish diplomat, writer, and politician known for his advocacy of Turkish interests and his strong opposition to Russian expansion.
-
D.
Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
-
E.
Ian Byatt
Ian Byatt is a British economist and former water industry regulator, best known for serving as the first Director General of Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water industry in England and Wales.
- 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_69ca842f7e3481908bf5bcf52e032dbd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd510eae0c8190b7c4ab487a366bb3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1010169d88190a7267615a9196d4b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.