Triple

T11036382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) E260896 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Ian William Richardson
Ian William Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" trilogy.
E909779 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: Ian William Richardson | Statement: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Ian William Richardson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian William Richardson
Context triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Ian William Richardson]
  • A. Anthony Andrews
    Anthony Andrews is an English actor best known for his acclaimed performances in film and television dramas, including his BAFTA-winning role in the 1981 adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited."
  • B. Robert Christopher Riley
    Robert Christopher Riley is an American actor best known for his role on the VH1 drama series "Hit the Floor."
  • C. Ralph Macfadyen
    Ralph Macfadyen is a child of British actor Matthew Macfadyen and his wife, actress Keeley Hawes.
  • D. Guy Edward Pearce
    Guy Edward Pearce is an English-born Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Memento," "L.A. Confidential," and "The King's Speech."
  • E. Douglas Hodge
    Douglas Hodge is an English actor and director known for his acclaimed work on stage and screen, including prominent roles in both classical theatre and television comedies.
  • 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: Ian William Richardson
Triple: [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series), castMember, Ian William Richardson]
Generated description
Ian William Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" trilogy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian William Richardson
Target entity description: Ian William Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" trilogy.
  • A. Anthony Andrews
    Anthony Andrews is an English actor best known for his acclaimed performances in film and television dramas, including his BAFTA-winning role in the 1981 adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited."
  • B. Robert Christopher Riley
    Robert Christopher Riley is an American actor best known for his role on the VH1 drama series "Hit the Floor."
  • C. Ralph Macfadyen
    Ralph Macfadyen is a child of British actor Matthew Macfadyen and his wife, actress Keeley Hawes.
  • D. Guy Edward Pearce
    Guy Edward Pearce is an English-born Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Memento," "L.A. Confidential," and "The King's Speech."
  • E. Douglas Hodge
    Douglas Hodge is an English actor and director known for his acclaimed work on stage and screen, including prominent roles in both classical theatre and television comedies.
  • 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_69e4831ba3688190bee08ca29872ab3b completed April 19, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e48715bd2081908774d325db2b6dd5 completed April 19, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4886c0da881909105b3a45e786ce9 completed April 19, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.