Triple
T17213375
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Testing of Eric Olthwaite |
E417786
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Eric Olthwaite
Eric Olthwaite is a comically dreary and obsessively boring Yorkshireman from the British TV comedy "Ripping Yarns," known for his fascination with shovels and rainfall statistics.
|
E1286996
|
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: Eric Olthwaite | Statement: [The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, mainCharacter, Eric Olthwaite]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Olthwaite Context triple: [The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, mainCharacter, Eric Olthwaite]
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A.
Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland is an American information scientist and librarian known for his influential work on information retrieval, library services, and the theory of information systems.
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B.
Andrew Rennison
Andrew Rennison is a British public official known for serving as the inaugural Surveillance Camera Commissioner, overseeing the regulation and ethical use of CCTV and related surveillance technologies in the UK.
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C.
David Pegg
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
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D.
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer best known for his long-running work on "The Simpsons" and other animated comedy projects.
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E.
Ian Wilkinson
Ian Wilkinson is a video game industry figure best known as the founder of the Canadian game development studio Radical Entertainment.
- 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: Eric Olthwaite Triple: [The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, mainCharacter, Eric Olthwaite]
Generated description
Eric Olthwaite is a comically dreary and obsessively boring Yorkshireman from the British TV comedy "Ripping Yarns," known for his fascination with shovels and rainfall statistics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Olthwaite Target entity description: Eric Olthwaite is a comically dreary and obsessively boring Yorkshireman from the British TV comedy "Ripping Yarns," known for his fascination with shovels and rainfall statistics.
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A.
Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland is an American information scientist and librarian known for his influential work on information retrieval, library services, and the theory of information systems.
-
B.
Andrew Rennison
Andrew Rennison is a British public official known for serving as the inaugural Surveillance Camera Commissioner, overseeing the regulation and ethical use of CCTV and related surveillance technologies in the UK.
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C.
David Pegg
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
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D.
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer best known for his long-running work on "The Simpsons" and other animated comedy projects.
-
E.
Ian Wilkinson
Ian Wilkinson is a video game industry figure best known as the founder of the Canadian game development studio Radical Entertainment.
- 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dc795d08190b90801a4f8b23afe |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a02efa1c9e88190923b66b0f2d520ef |
completed | May 12, 2026, 9:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a02f1232f348190ab28e8d5ed4d3ad3 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 9:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a02f18beeb88190ac8cb9540b6b7b88 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.