Triple
T10411285
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasIllustrator |
P2761
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Clive Spong
Clive Spong is a British illustrator best known for his work on later volumes of The Railway Series of children's books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
|
E866560
|
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: Clive Spong | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, Clive Spong]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Spong Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, Clive Spong]
-
A.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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B.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
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C.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
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D.
Clive Egleton
Clive Egleton was a British author best known for his espionage and military thrillers, several of which were adapted for film and television.
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E.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
- 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: Clive Spong Triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, Clive Spong]
Generated description
Clive Spong is a British illustrator best known for his work on later volumes of The Railway Series of children's books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clive Spong Target entity description: Clive Spong is a British illustrator best known for his work on later volumes of The Railway Series of children's books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
-
A.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
-
B.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
-
C.
Clive Griffin
Clive Griffin is a British pop and soul singer best known for his 1993 duet "When I Fall in Love" with Celine Dion from the film Sleepless in Seattle.
-
D.
Clive Egleton
Clive Egleton was a British author best known for his espionage and military thrillers, several of which were adapted for film and television.
-
E.
Clive Revill
Clive Revill is a New Zealand-born actor and voice actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including providing the original voice of Emperor Palpatine in the 1980 release of "The Empire Strikes Back."
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d8dc2b06188190ad399e1b5a545aec |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d8e8c683608190aa4333ed38e79f53 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d901c7684c8190837ed9ef0c2428af |
completed | April 10, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.