Triple
T12292716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Trevor Howard |
E293004
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, better known as Trevor Howard, was a distinguished English actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "Brief Encounter" and "The Third Man."
|
E975573
|
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: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith | Statement: [Trevor Howard, birthName, Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith Context triple: [Trevor Howard, birthName, Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith]
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A.
Trevor Huddleston
Trevor Huddleston was an Anglican bishop and prominent anti-apartheid campaigner renowned for his outspoken opposition to racial segregation in South Africa.
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B.
Denis Worrall
Denis Worrall is a South African politician and diplomat best known as a prominent anti-apartheid reformist and co-founder of the Democratic Party.
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C.
Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in British politics, law, and public service.
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D.
John Wenham
John Wenham was a 20th-century British evangelical biblical scholar best known for his conservative New Testament scholarship and advocacy of the Augustinian hypothesis regarding the Synoptic Gospels.
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E.
David Howard
David Howard is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
- 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: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith Triple: [Trevor Howard, birthName, Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith]
Generated description
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, better known as Trevor Howard, was a distinguished English actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "Brief Encounter" and "The Third Man."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith Target entity description: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, better known as Trevor Howard, was a distinguished English actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "Brief Encounter" and "The Third Man."
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A.
Trevor Huddleston
Trevor Huddleston was an Anglican bishop and prominent anti-apartheid campaigner renowned for his outspoken opposition to racial segregation in South Africa.
-
B.
Denis Worrall
Denis Worrall is a South African politician and diplomat best known as a prominent anti-apartheid reformist and co-founder of the Democratic Party.
-
C.
Geoffrey Howard
Geoffrey Howard is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in British politics, law, and public service.
-
D.
John Wenham
John Wenham was a 20th-century British evangelical biblical scholar best known for his conservative New Testament scholarship and advocacy of the Augustinian hypothesis regarding the Synoptic Gospels.
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E.
David Howard
David Howard is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
- 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_69d6ab690ad081908c0ed3870ec82d53 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91d22ba488190914342fa7e69e159 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e775dac819099d44b61cbccc109 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f61f5cc5608190a67a888eb5136ada |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f62009766c8190985fafe9ba53ae7b |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.