Triple

T20212364
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Oddie E493519 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Edgar Oddie
William Edgar Oddie is a British comedian, writer, musician, and wildlife presenter best known as a member of the comedy trio The Goodies and for his popular nature television programs.
E1429758 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: William Edgar Oddie | Statement: [Bill Oddie, birthName, William Edgar Oddie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edgar Oddie
Context triple: [Bill Oddie, birthName, William Edgar Oddie]
  • A. Esmond Edwards
    Esmond Edwards was an American record producer, photographer, and art director known for his influential work in jazz and blues recordings from the 1950s onward.
  • B. Douglas Hadow
    Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
  • C. William John Heaton Greenwood
    William John Heaton Greenwood is a former England international rugby union centre who was a key member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team and later became a television pundit and commentator.
  • D. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • E. Patrick Woodroffe
    Patrick Woodroffe is a renowned British lighting designer known for his innovative work on major rock concerts, large-scale tours, and high-profile live events.
  • 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: William Edgar Oddie
Triple: [Bill Oddie, birthName, William Edgar Oddie]
Generated description
William Edgar Oddie is a British comedian, writer, musician, and wildlife presenter best known as a member of the comedy trio The Goodies and for his popular nature television programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Edgar Oddie
Target entity description: William Edgar Oddie is a British comedian, writer, musician, and wildlife presenter best known as a member of the comedy trio The Goodies and for his popular nature television programs.
  • A. Esmond Edwards
    Esmond Edwards was an American record producer, photographer, and art director known for his influential work in jazz and blues recordings from the 1950s onward.
  • B. Douglas Hadow
    Douglas Hadow was a young British mountaineer best known for being among the party on the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which he died in a famous climbing accident on the descent.
  • C. William John Heaton Greenwood
    William John Heaton Greenwood is a former England international rugby union centre who was a key member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team and later became a television pundit and commentator.
  • D. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • E. Patrick Woodroffe
    Patrick Woodroffe is a renowned British lighting designer known for his innovative work on major rock concerts, large-scale tours, and high-profile live events.
  • 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66ed627f48190a8ba638b85977af3 completed April 20, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a087b0838a881908b07548a6f6bf99d completed May 16, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a088014c30c8190937586dc3f23862e completed May 16, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08810e37c08190bd7e8b584204064c completed May 16, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:38 p.m.