Triple

T11036374
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) E260896 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Bernard Hepton
Bernard Hepton was an English actor known for his nuanced performances in British television drama, particularly in espionage and period productions.
E900670 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: Bernard Hepton | Statement: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Bernard Hepton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Hepton
Context triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Bernard Hepton]
  • A. Cecil Brown
    Cecil Brown is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American novelist and academic, a World War II war correspondent, and a British politician.
  • B. Stephen Hague
    Stephen Hague is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work on influential synth-pop and alternative rock albums from the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Geoffrey Haslam
    Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
  • D. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • E. Maurice Keen
    Maurice Keen was a prominent British medieval historian known for his influential works on chivalry, medieval society, and English history.
  • 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: Bernard Hepton
Triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Bernard Hepton]
Generated description
Bernard Hepton was an English actor known for his nuanced performances in British television drama, particularly in espionage and period productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Hepton
Target entity description: Bernard Hepton was an English actor known for his nuanced performances in British television drama, particularly in espionage and period productions.
  • A. Cecil Brown
    Cecil Brown is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American novelist and academic, a World War II war correspondent, and a British politician.
  • B. Stephen Hague
    Stephen Hague is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work on influential synth-pop and alternative rock albums from the 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Geoffrey Haslam
    Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
  • D. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • E. Maurice Keen
    Maurice Keen was a prominent British medieval historian known for his influential works on chivalry, medieval society, and English history.
  • 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_69d6aa979bdc8190bf0e79104cc098c1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d797e9e3fc8190802195ac9fcb8e28 completed April 9, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3a9b70074819084c725c5babf2fb7 completed April 18, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3ad00b5c08190a7bf3ecbeae76d88 completed April 18, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3b1fff754819092d634f46fb42387 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.