Triple

T10588541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject QI E249920 entity
Predicate notableGuest P10756 FINISHED
Object Sean Lock
Sean Lock was a British comedian and panel show regular known for his surreal wit and long-running team captain role on "8 Out of 10 Cats."
E872092 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: Sean Lock | Statement: [QI, notableGuest, Sean Lock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sean Lock
Context triple: [QI, notableGuest, Sean Lock]
  • A. Paul F. Tompkins
    Paul F. Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his stand-up, podcast appearances, and character roles in television and film.
  • B. Julian Barratt
    Julian Barratt is an English comedian, actor, musician, and writer best known as one half of the surreal comedy duo behind The Mighty Boosh.
  • C. Hugh Dennis
    Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sketch show "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" and the sitcom "Outnumbered."
  • D. Griff Rhys Jones
    Griff Rhys Jones is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter known for his work in sketch comedy, particularly alongside Mel Smith, and for hosting various documentary and travel programs.
  • E. Michael Ian Black
    Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
  • 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: Sean Lock
Triple: [QI, notableGuest, Sean Lock]
Generated description
Sean Lock was a British comedian and panel show regular known for his surreal wit and long-running team captain role on "8 Out of 10 Cats."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sean Lock
Target entity description: Sean Lock was a British comedian and panel show regular known for his surreal wit and long-running team captain role on "8 Out of 10 Cats."
  • A. Paul F. Tompkins
    Paul F. Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer known for his stand-up, podcast appearances, and character roles in television and film.
  • B. Julian Barratt
    Julian Barratt is an English comedian, actor, musician, and writer best known as one half of the surreal comedy duo behind The Mighty Boosh.
  • C. Hugh Dennis
    Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sketch show "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" and the sitcom "Outnumbered."
  • D. Griff Rhys Jones
    Griff Rhys Jones is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter known for his work in sketch comedy, particularly alongside Mel Smith, and for hosting various documentary and travel programs.
  • E. Michael Ian Black
    Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d527793c588190bfe3a5261eb7f919 completed April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b9440548190bff01847a940266b completed April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca13550819085b7824d8b5131e7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9518517608190b5036694b83f5f58 completed April 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.