Triple
T20308502
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nicolson |
E510167
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Adam Nicolson
Adam Nicolson is a British writer and historian known for his works on literature, landscape, and the natural world, including books about the English countryside, seafaring, and classical texts.
|
E1423801
|
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: Adam Nicolson | Statement: [Nicolson, hasNotableBearer, Adam Nicolson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Nicolson Context triple: [Nicolson, hasNotableBearer, Adam Nicolson]
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A.
Colin Cameron
Colin Cameron is a Scottish former professional footballer and midfielder who played for clubs including Raith Rovers, Hearts, Wolves, and the Scotland national team before moving into coaching.
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B.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
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D.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is one of the children of English model and television personality Penny Lancaster and her husband, rock singer Rod Stewart.
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E.
Alastair Reid
Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
- 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: Adam Nicolson Triple: [Nicolson, hasNotableBearer, Adam Nicolson]
Generated description
Adam Nicolson is a British writer and historian known for his works on literature, landscape, and the natural world, including books about the English countryside, seafaring, and classical texts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Nicolson Target entity description: Adam Nicolson is a British writer and historian known for his works on literature, landscape, and the natural world, including books about the English countryside, seafaring, and classical texts.
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A.
Colin Cameron
Colin Cameron is a Scottish former professional footballer and midfielder who played for clubs including Raith Rovers, Hearts, Wolves, and the Scotland national team before moving into coaching.
-
B.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
-
C.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
-
D.
Alastair Stewart
Alastair Stewart is one of the children of English model and television personality Penny Lancaster and her husband, rock singer Rod Stewart.
-
E.
Alastair Reid
Alastair Reid was a Scottish poet, essayist, and renowned translator, best known for bringing the works of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda to English-speaking audiences.
- 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_69e0b4c7491c8190961113c4283b10b0 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e677411cf08190ba7e98a4135b643a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08611e540c8190bdf3bf28f62002a0 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0862c7eaa081909932483432f2fa9a |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08634352288190976327bca8ea3986 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:29 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:18 a.m.