Triple

T19469865
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Solar E487092 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Michael Beard
Michael Beard is the flawed, middle-aged Nobel Prize–winning physicist whose personal and professional misadventures drive the plot of Ian McEwan’s novel "Solar."
 E1378873 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: Michael Beard | Statement: [Solar, mainCharacter, Michael Beard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Beard
Context triple: [Solar, mainCharacter, Michael Beard]
  • A. Matthew Beard
    Matthew Beard is a British actor known for his roles in films such as "The Imitation Game" and various television and stage productions.
  • B. Paul Beard
    Paul Beard is a British guitarist and musical director best known for his work with artists such as James Blunt.
  • C. Aidan Dodson
    Aidan Dodson is a British Egyptologist and historian known for his work on ancient Egyptian royal tombs, dynasties, and funerary archaeology.
  • D. John Beasley
    John Beasley is a former American professional basketball player best known for his standout career in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • E. Ian Beck
    Ian Beck is a British illustrator and author best known for his distinctive cover art and illustrations for books and music albums.
  • 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: Michael Beard
Triple: [Solar, mainCharacter, Michael Beard]
Generated description
Michael Beard is the flawed, middle-aged Nobel Prize–winning physicist whose personal and professional misadventures drive the plot of Ian McEwan’s novel "Solar."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Beard
Target entity description: Michael Beard is the flawed, middle-aged Nobel Prize–winning physicist whose personal and professional misadventures drive the plot of Ian McEwan’s novel "Solar."
  • A. Matthew Beard
    Matthew Beard is a British actor known for his roles in films such as "The Imitation Game" and various television and stage productions.
  • B. Paul Beard
    Paul Beard is a British guitarist and musical director best known for his work with artists such as James Blunt.
  • C. Aidan Dodson
    Aidan Dodson is a British Egyptologist and historian known for his work on ancient Egyptian royal tombs, dynasties, and funerary archaeology.
  • D. John Beasley
    John Beasley is a former American professional basketball player best known for his standout career in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • E. Ian Beck
    Ian Beck is a British illustrator and author best known for his distinctive cover art and illustrations for books and music albums.
  • 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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e633e6fd988190b79be580b65746fe completed April 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07404dfcb881909ed1a7ac20b6461e completed May 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0740ff37fc81908e68db633223fb9c completed May 15, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07424880e08190a582da18e3a6af19 completed May 15, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.