Triple
T20793669
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jack Halford |
E511845
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Mary Halford
Mary Halford is a fictional character in the British TV series "New Tricks," known primarily as the late wife of Detective Superintendent Jack Halford, whose death deeply influences his storyline.
|
E1451320
|
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: Mary Halford | Statement: [Jack Halford, spouse, Mary Halford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Halford Context triple: [Jack Halford, spouse, Mary Halford]
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A.
Sally Halford
Sally Halford is the first wife of the late Canadian politician and former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton.
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B.
Mary Langford
Mary Langford was an English gentlewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, a prominent statesman and historian under King Charles II.
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C.
Helena Shipman
Helena Shipman was an American actress best known as the mother of actor Brian Keith and for her work in early 20th-century stage and screen productions.
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D.
Mary Appleby
Mary Appleby is known as the spouse of Richard Butler.
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E.
Dorothea McCloy
Dorothea McCloy was the wife of American politician and Maine governor U.S. Senator Owen Brewster.
- 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: Mary Halford Triple: [Jack Halford, spouse, Mary Halford]
Generated description
Mary Halford is a fictional character in the British TV series "New Tricks," known primarily as the late wife of Detective Superintendent Jack Halford, whose death deeply influences his storyline.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Halford Target entity description: Mary Halford is a fictional character in the British TV series "New Tricks," known primarily as the late wife of Detective Superintendent Jack Halford, whose death deeply influences his storyline.
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A.
Sally Halford
Sally Halford is the first wife of the late Canadian politician and former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton.
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B.
Mary Langford
Mary Langford was an English gentlewoman of the early 17th century best known as the mother of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, a prominent statesman and historian under King Charles II.
-
C.
Helena Shipman
Helena Shipman was an American actress best known as the mother of actor Brian Keith and for her work in early 20th-century stage and screen productions.
-
D.
Mary Appleby
Mary Appleby is known as the spouse of Richard Butler.
-
E.
Dorothea McCloy
Dorothea McCloy was the wife of American politician and Maine governor U.S. Senator Owen Brewster.
- 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_69e0b4cb83948190bd57bec21d78ed53 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2aadd7081908c6343821e8c655c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08f8be96c88190ac0e4385260f1960 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08f98877788190b9377f06807e3197 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08fa5e11f88190a615efec01873577 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:39 p.m.