Triple

T18665612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alex Colville E456316 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object David Alexander Colville
David Alexander Colville was a prominent Canadian realist painter renowned for his meticulously composed, psychologically charged depictions of everyday life.
E1336725 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: David Alexander Colville | Statement: [Alex Colville, fullName, David Alexander Colville]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Alexander Colville
Context triple: [Alex Colville, fullName, David Alexander Colville]
  • A. Andrew Colvile
    Andrew Colvile was a 19th-century Scottish-born governor of the Hudson's Bay Company who played a significant role in the fur trade and the development of the Pacific Northwest.
  • B. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • C. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart was a historical figure significant enough in Tennessee's early history that Stewart County was named in his honor, likely reflecting his role as a prominent local leader or public official.
  • D. Geoffrey Duncan
    Geoffrey Duncan is a character in Wendy Wasserstein's play "The Sisters Rosensweig," serving as one of the figures who illuminate the themes of identity, relationships, and contemporary Jewish life.
  • E. Andrew Bruce
    Andrew Bruce is a renowned British theatrical sound designer known for his influential work on major West End and Broadway productions.
  • 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: David Alexander Colville
Triple: [Alex Colville, fullName, David Alexander Colville]
Generated description
David Alexander Colville was a prominent Canadian realist painter renowned for his meticulously composed, psychologically charged depictions of everyday life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Alexander Colville
Target entity description: David Alexander Colville was a prominent Canadian realist painter renowned for his meticulously composed, psychologically charged depictions of everyday life.
  • A. Andrew Colvile
    Andrew Colvile was a 19th-century Scottish-born governor of the Hudson's Bay Company who played a significant role in the fur trade and the development of the Pacific Northwest.
  • B. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • C. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart was a historical figure significant enough in Tennessee's early history that Stewart County was named in his honor, likely reflecting his role as a prominent local leader or public official.
  • D. Geoffrey Duncan
    Geoffrey Duncan is a character in Wendy Wasserstein's play "The Sisters Rosensweig," serving as one of the figures who illuminate the themes of identity, relationships, and contemporary Jewish life.
  • E. Andrew Bruce
    Andrew Bruce is a renowned British theatrical sound designer known for his influential work on major West End and Broadway productions.
  • 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_69d8d38f72b4819090a935175d9ca8af completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5508e02788190bdea6099f08db4f0 completed April 19, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05172a6ff8819096f1029a0cdc2527 completed May 14, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a051ee1ef40819080cf0d0b6ad3cfb7 completed May 14, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0520ae1dd08190b3d418b6c87443b2 completed May 14, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.