Triple

T12312006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard MacDuff E293501 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)
Gordon Way is a character in Douglas Adams’ novel *Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency*, known as a wealthy businessman whose mysterious death drives much of the plot.
E974324 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: Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law) | Statement: [Richard MacDuff, relative, Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)
Context triple: [Richard MacDuff, relative, Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)]
  • A. Gordon
    Gordon is a small village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland, historically part of Berwickshire.
  • B. Gordon
    Gordon is a residential suburb located within the Brindabella region of the Australian Capital Territory.
  • C. Gordon
    Gordon is a settlement in the historic Grampian region of northeastern Scotland.
  • D. Gordon
    Gordon is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies, known for its quirky, humorous songwriting and acoustic-pop sound.
  • E. Gordon
    Gordon is a Jewish surname notably borne by the 19th-century Hebrew poet and Enlightenment figure Judah Leib Gordon.
  • 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: Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)
Triple: [Richard MacDuff, relative, Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)]
Generated description
Gordon Way is a character in Douglas Adams’ novel *Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency*, known as a wealthy businessman whose mysterious death drives much of the plot.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Way (prospective brother-in-law)
Target entity description: Gordon Way is a character in Douglas Adams’ novel *Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency*, known as a wealthy businessman whose mysterious death drives much of the plot.
  • A. Gordon
    Gordon is a small village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland, historically part of Berwickshire.
  • B. Gordon
    Gordon is the middle name of the famed Romantic poet Lord Byron, whose full name is George Gordon Byron.
  • C. Gordon
    Gordon is the birth name of the English musician and former Police frontman known professionally as Sting.
  • D. Gordon
    Gordon is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies, known for its quirky, humorous songwriting and acoustic-pop sound.
  • E. Gordon
    Gordon is a friendly human character on Sesame Street who often interacts with the Muppets and helps teach children about community and kindness.
  • 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f02c0508190b10c0627cdaaba76 completed April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e84fa708190854afc6afd425fd7 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5d746c8190b5b0edfc4832bc6c completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6203ef5008190af9103460b096cff completed May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.