Triple
T19865467
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Val McDermid |
E477377
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableSeriesCharacter |
P137625
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Karen Pirie
Karen Pirie is a Scottish cold case detective and the central protagonist of Val McDermid’s popular crime novel series.
|
E1428590
|
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: Karen Pirie | Statement: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Karen Pirie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Pirie Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Karen Pirie]
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A.
Eileen Paisley
Eileen Paisley is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as a Democratic Unionist Party representative and is known as the wife of DUP founder and former First Minister Ian Paisley.
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B.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall is an English singer best known as one of the longtime vocalists of the pioneering synth-pop band The Human League.
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C.
Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle was an American silent film actress known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Mary Peate
Mary Peate is a British radio drama producer and director known for her work with BBC Radio and for being married to actor Neil Dudgeon.
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E.
Karen Young
Karen Young is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a prominent role in the thriller "Jaws: The Revenge."
- 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: Karen Pirie Triple: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Karen Pirie]
Generated description
Karen Pirie is a Scottish cold case detective and the central protagonist of Val McDermid’s popular crime novel series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Pirie Target entity description: Karen Pirie is a Scottish cold case detective and the central protagonist of Val McDermid’s popular crime novel series.
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A.
Eileen Paisley
Eileen Paisley is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as a Democratic Unionist Party representative and is known as the wife of DUP founder and former First Minister Ian Paisley.
-
B.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall is an English singer best known as one of the longtime vocalists of the pioneering synth-pop band The Human League.
-
C.
Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle was an American silent film actress known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
-
D.
Mary Peate
Mary Peate is a British radio drama producer and director known for her work with BBC Radio and for being married to actor Neil Dudgeon.
-
E.
Karen Young
Karen Young is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a prominent role in the thriller "Jaws: The Revenge."
- 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_6a0875fdccac819092279075a0ba3a4c |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a087754af1481909a8ffa042aad2f42 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0877dcf9548190bd42db7a54aea824 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.