Triple

T21008497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Bolam E517479 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In
Jack Ford in "When the Boat Comes In" is a shrewd, ambitious ex-soldier navigating post–World War I working-class life and political change in a North East England shipbuilding community.
 E1461537 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: Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In | Statement: [James Bolam, portrayed, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In
Context triple: [James Bolam, portrayed, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In]
  • A. Foul-weather Jack
    Foul-weather Jack was the nickname of British Royal Navy officer and circumnavigator John Byron, known for his frequent encounters with severe storms at sea.
  • B. Row Jimmy
    "Row Jimmy" is a laid-back, reggae-tinged Grateful Dead song known for its lilting groove and reflective, narrative lyrics.
  • C. Brewster McCloud
    Brewster McCloud is a 1970 surreal comedy film directed by Robert Altman about a reclusive young man living in the Houston Astrodome who dreams of building a pair of wings to fly.
  • D. Fish Mooney
    Fish Mooney is a ruthless and ambitious Gotham City crime boss and nightclub owner in the Batman prequel TV series "Gotham."
  • E. Fisher Boy
    Fisher Boy is a genre painting by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals, depicting a lively young fisher lad in his characteristic loose, expressive style.
  • 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: Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In
Triple: [James Bolam, portrayed, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In]
Generated description
Jack Ford in "When the Boat Comes In" is a shrewd, ambitious ex-soldier navigating post–World War I working-class life and political change in a North East England shipbuilding community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In
Target entity description: Jack Ford in "When the Boat Comes In" is a shrewd, ambitious ex-soldier navigating post–World War I working-class life and political change in a North East England shipbuilding community.
  • A. Foul-weather Jack
    Foul-weather Jack was the nickname of British Royal Navy officer and circumnavigator John Byron, known for his frequent encounters with severe storms at sea.
  • B. Row Jimmy
    "Row Jimmy" is a laid-back, reggae-tinged Grateful Dead song known for its lilting groove and reflective, narrative lyrics.
  • C. Brewster McCloud
    Brewster McCloud is a 1970 surreal comedy film directed by Robert Altman about a reclusive young man living in the Houston Astrodome who dreams of building a pair of wings to fly.
  • D. Fish Mooney
    Fish Mooney is a ruthless and ambitious Gotham City crime boss and nightclub owner in the Batman prequel TV series "Gotham."
  • E. Fisher Boy
    Fisher Boy is a genre painting by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals, depicting a lively young fisher lad in his characteristic loose, expressive style.
  • 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_69e0b50192308190a284fcc89dd23a49 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fc3dcb5081909b06d6db10fefba6 completed April 21, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a093b5e76508190bec3a12c06c18d39 completed May 17, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a093cefdbec81909905a866b99e6c5b completed May 17, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a093d595f44819096effb5bead8713e completed May 17, 2026, 4 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:53 p.m.