Triple

T20591677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Erman E505943 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Alex: The Life of a Child
"Alex: The Life of a Child" is a 1986 television film based on the true story of Alex Deford, a young girl living with cystic fibrosis, adapted from her father Frank Deford’s memoir.
 E1440173 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: Alex: The Life of a Child | Statement: [John Erman, notableWork, Alex: The Life of a Child]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alex: The Life of a Child
Context triple: [John Erman, notableWork, Alex: The Life of a Child]
  • A. A Start in Life
    A Start in Life is a novel by British writer Alan Sillitoe that explores working-class life and personal struggle in postwar England.
  • B. Ein Kind
    Ein Kind is an autobiographical work by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard that recounts his bleak and formative childhood experiences.
  • C. How to Be a Child
    "How to Be a Child" is a humorous, reflective essay by Umberto Eco that playfully examines childhood and the adult gaze on it, included in his collection *How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays*.
  • D. Der Start ins Leben
    "Der Start ins Leben" is a literary work by German author Monika Mann, likely reflecting her characteristic introspective and autobiographical style shaped by her experiences as a member of the Mann family.
  • E. Como un Bebé
    "Como un Bebé" is a song by the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Oasis, known for its romantic urban style and infectious Latin rhythm.
  • 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: Alex: The Life of a Child
Triple: [John Erman, notableWork, Alex: The Life of a Child]
Generated description
"Alex: The Life of a Child" is a 1986 television film based on the true story of Alex Deford, a young girl living with cystic fibrosis, adapted from her father Frank Deford’s memoir.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alex: The Life of a Child
Target entity description: "Alex: The Life of a Child" is a 1986 television film based on the true story of Alex Deford, a young girl living with cystic fibrosis, adapted from her father Frank Deford’s memoir.
  • A. A Start in Life
    A Start in Life is a novel by British writer Alan Sillitoe that explores working-class life and personal struggle in postwar England.
  • B. Ein Kind
    Ein Kind is an autobiographical work by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard that recounts his bleak and formative childhood experiences.
  • C. How to Be a Child
    "How to Be a Child" is a humorous, reflective essay by Umberto Eco that playfully examines childhood and the adult gaze on it, included in his collection *How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays*.
  • D. Der Start ins Leben
    "Der Start ins Leben" is a literary work by German author Monika Mann, likely reflecting her characteristic introspective and autobiographical style shaped by her experiences as a member of the Mann family.
  • E. Como un Bebé
    "Como un Bebé" is a song by the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Oasis, known for its romantic urban style and infectious Latin rhythm.
  • 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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6a97c10f081909daf635e9be0dd22 completed April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08b3e879788190bc3b66d809c4b59b completed May 16, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08b485c1548190b800fb3e0fe1b138 completed May 16, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08b56d00808190b382041bf0cd0173 completed May 16, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.