Triple

T16842814
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Merton E409455 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Paul James Martin
Paul James Martin, better known by his stage name Paul Merton, is a British comedian, writer, and television presenter famed for his long-running role on the panel show "Have I Got News for You."
E1237102 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: Paul James Martin | Statement: [Paul Merton, birthName, Paul James Martin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul James Martin
Context triple: [Paul Merton, birthName, Paul James Martin]
  • A. Andrew Macdonald
    Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
  • B. Andrew Macdonald
    Andrew Macdonald is the pseudonym used by William Luther Pierce for his infamous white supremacist novel "The Turner Diaries."
  • C. Fred Kilgour
    Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
  • D. Colin Buchanan
    Colin Buchanan is an Anglican bishop and liturgical scholar who served as the Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England.
  • E. Jeff Sharp
    Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
  • 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: Paul James Martin
Triple: [Paul Merton, birthName, Paul James Martin]
Generated description
Paul James Martin, better known by his stage name Paul Merton, is a British comedian, writer, and television presenter famed for his long-running role on the panel show "Have I Got News for You."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul James Martin
Target entity description: Paul James Martin, better known by his stage name Paul Merton, is a British comedian, writer, and television presenter famed for his long-running role on the panel show "Have I Got News for You."
  • A. Andrew Macdonald
    Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
  • B. Andrew Macdonald
    Andrew Macdonald is the pseudonym used by William Luther Pierce for his infamous white supremacist novel "The Turner Diaries."
  • C. Fred Kilgour
    Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
  • D. Colin Buchanan
    Colin Buchanan is an Anglican bishop and liturgical scholar who served as the Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England.
  • E. Jeff Sharp
    Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
  • 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b35284588190a1d6238438f3e70d completed April 18, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00bb199168819080a9ddc7534f19a7 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bc22dc1c81909edc5cdb239f0ea8 completed May 10, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bce879648190acbd5645cd1a4ec8 completed May 10, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.