Triple

T20699930
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Z-Cars E508751 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object James Ellis
James Ellis was a Northern Irish actor best known for his long-running role as Bert Lynch in the British television police drama "Z-Cars."
 E1446126 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: James Ellis | Statement: [Z-Cars, stars, James Ellis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Ellis
Context triple: [Z-Cars, stars, James Ellis]
  • A. Richard Ellis
    Richard Ellis was a 19th-century Texas statesman best known for presiding over the convention that declared Texas’ independence from Mexico.
  • B. Richard Ellis
    Richard Ellis is an actor known for his role as Brad Lewis.
  • C. Anthony Jefferies
    Anthony Jefferies is a songwriter best known for co-writing Drake’s global hit single "One Dance."
  • D. Robert Ellis
    Robert Ellis is an American music executive and producer best known for managing major artists including Diana Ross.
  • E. John Mumford
    John Mumford was the father of Catherine Booth, the co-founder of The Salvation Army.
  • 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: James Ellis
Triple: [Z-Cars, stars, James Ellis]
Generated description
James Ellis was a Northern Irish actor best known for his long-running role as Bert Lynch in the British television police drama "Z-Cars."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Ellis
Target entity description: James Ellis was a Northern Irish actor best known for his long-running role as Bert Lynch in the British television police drama "Z-Cars."
  • A. Richard Ellis
    Richard Ellis was a 19th-century Texas statesman best known for presiding over the convention that declared Texas’ independence from Mexico.
  • B. Richard Ellis
    Richard Ellis is an actor known for his role as Brad Lewis.
  • C. Anthony Jefferies
    Anthony Jefferies is a songwriter best known for co-writing Drake’s global hit single "One Dance."
  • D. Robert Ellis
    Robert Ellis is an American music executive and producer best known for managing major artists including Diana Ross.
  • E. John Mumford
    John Mumford was the father of Catherine Booth, the co-founder of The Salvation Army.
  • 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_69e0b4c2b2a481909e31e9cb8f81ab55 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c18a77308190b7c2517d82a145cd completed April 21, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08d7eb1d4081908ff9c44ee5f0e20b completed May 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08db94ca14819092fd6d767fefc342 completed May 16, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08dc141c648190bf98aa04adae4170 completed May 16, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:12 p.m.