Triple

T21008498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Bolam E517479 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh
Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh is a central character in the British hospital sitcom, known as one of the long-term patients whose humorous interactions with fellow patients and staff drive much of the show's comedy.
E1461538 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: Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh | Statement: [James Bolam, portrayed, Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh
Context triple: [James Bolam, portrayed, Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh]
  • A. Sir Geoffrey Loftus in Doctor in the House
    Sir Geoffrey Loftus is a strict, authoritative senior surgeon and hospital administrator who serves as a key comedic foil to the medical students in the British "Doctor in the House" series.
  • B. Dr. Fink
    Dr. Fink is an American keyboardist best known for his flamboyant stage persona and long-time collaboration with Prince as a core member of his backing band, The Revolution.
  • C. Dr. Patrick McNaughton in Love Child
    Dr. Patrick McNaughton in *Love Child* is a central character portrayed by Jonathan LaPaglia in the Australian period drama series set around a 1960s maternity hospital.
  • D. Dr. Happiness
    Dr. Happiness is the nickname of Ed Diener, a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness.
  • E. Professor Irwin Corey
    Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
  • 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: Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh
Triple: [James Bolam, portrayed, Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh]
Generated description
Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh is a central character in the British hospital sitcom, known as one of the long-term patients whose humorous interactions with fellow patients and staff drive much of the show's comedy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh
Target entity description: Dr. Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh is a central character in the British hospital sitcom, known as one of the long-term patients whose humorous interactions with fellow patients and staff drive much of the show's comedy.
  • A. Sir Geoffrey Loftus in Doctor in the House
    Sir Geoffrey Loftus is a strict, authoritative senior surgeon and hospital administrator who serves as a key comedic foil to the medical students in the British "Doctor in the House" series.
  • B. Dr. Fink
    Dr. Fink is an American keyboardist best known for his flamboyant stage persona and long-time collaboration with Prince as a core member of his backing band, The Revolution.
  • C. Dr. Patrick McNaughton in Love Child
    Dr. Patrick McNaughton in *Love Child* is a central character portrayed by Jonathan LaPaglia in the Australian period drama series set around a 1960s maternity hospital.
  • D. Dr. Happiness
    Dr. Happiness is the nickname of Ed Diener, a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness.
  • E. Professor Irwin Corey
    Professor Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor famed for his improvisational, pseudo-intellectual "World's Foremost Authority" persona and surreal, politically tinged humor.
  • 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.