Triple

T19865466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Val McDermid E477377 entity
Predicate notableSeriesCharacter P137625 FINISHED
Object Kate Brannigan
Kate Brannigan is a fictional private investigator and the tough, witty protagonist of a crime novel series by Scottish author Val McDermid.
E1398386 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: Kate Brannigan | Statement: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Kate Brannigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kate Brannigan
Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Kate Brannigan]
  • A. Michelle Keegan
    Michelle Keegan is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" and for starring in series such as "Our Girl" and "Brassic."
  • B. Bridget Regan
    Bridget Regan is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Legend of the Seeker," "Jane the Virgin," and various comic book–related shows.
  • C. Bridget Gillane
    Bridget Gillane is a central character in the Irish nationalist play "Cathleen ni Houlihan," representing the ordinary rural family whose lives are transformed by the call to sacrifice for Ireland’s freedom.
  • D. Bridget Christie
    Bridget Christie is a British stand-up comedian, writer, and actress known for her sharp, often feminist-leaning comedy and acclaimed radio and television work.
  • E. Mary Corlett
    Mary Corlett was the wife of U.S. Army Major General Charles H. Corlett, a prominent World War II commander.
  • 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: Kate Brannigan
Triple: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Kate Brannigan]
Generated description
Kate Brannigan is a fictional private investigator and the tough, witty protagonist of a crime novel series by Scottish author Val McDermid.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kate Brannigan
Target entity description: Kate Brannigan is a fictional private investigator and the tough, witty protagonist of a crime novel series by Scottish author Val McDermid.
  • A. Michelle Keegan
    Michelle Keegan is an English actress best known for her long-running role as Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" and for starring in series such as "Our Girl" and "Brassic."
  • B. Bridget Regan
    Bridget Regan is an American actress known for her roles in television series such as "Legend of the Seeker," "Jane the Virgin," and various comic book–related shows.
  • C. Bridget Gillane
    Bridget Gillane is a central character in the Irish nationalist play "Cathleen ni Houlihan," representing the ordinary rural family whose lives are transformed by the call to sacrifice for Ireland’s freedom.
  • D. Bridget Christie
    Bridget Christie is a British stand-up comedian, writer, and actress known for her sharp, often feminist-leaning comedy and acclaimed radio and television work.
  • E. Mary Corlett
    Mary Corlett was the wife of U.S. Army Major General Charles H. Corlett, a prominent World War II commander.
  • 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6589eb24081908715b683de1edc68 completed April 20, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d44dbae4819095447a8c7914e369 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d52ab9e88190a76a5208619e3f62 completed May 16, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d5d7c4bc8190ab189fa556a956d7 completed May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.