Triple

T11036719
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waking the Dead E260904 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Barbara Machin
Barbara Machin is a British television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "Waking the Dead."
E1001775 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: Barbara Machin | Statement: [Waking the Dead, creator, Barbara Machin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Machin
Context triple: [Waking the Dead, creator, Barbara Machin]
  • A. Barbara Dickson
    Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
  • B. Barbara Trentham
    Barbara Trentham was an American model and actress who later became a painter, known in part for her marriage to British comedian John Cleese.
  • C. Barbara Rooney
    Barbara Rooney, born Barbara Ann Thomason, was an American model and actress best known as the fifth wife of actor Mickey Rooney and for her tragic death in 1966.
  • D. Annette Badland
    Annette Badland is a British character actress known for her distinctive presence in film, television, and radio, with roles ranging from gritty dramas to popular series like "Doctor Who" and "Outlander."
  • E. Ann McMillan
    Ann McMillan is the daughter of American physicist and Nobel laureate Edwin McMillan.
  • 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: Barbara Machin
Triple: [Waking the Dead, creator, Barbara Machin]
Generated description
Barbara Machin is a British television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "Waking the Dead."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbara Machin
Target entity description: Barbara Machin is a British television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "Waking the Dead."
  • A. Barbara Dickson
    Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
  • B. Barbara Trentham
    Barbara Trentham was an American model and actress who later became a painter, known in part for her marriage to British comedian John Cleese.
  • C. Barbara Rooney
    Barbara Rooney, born Barbara Ann Thomason, was an American model and actress best known as the fifth wife of actor Mickey Rooney and for her tragic death in 1966.
  • D. Annette Badland
    Annette Badland is a British character actress known for her distinctive presence in film, television, and radio, with roles ranging from gritty dramas to popular series like "Doctor Who" and "Outlander."
  • E. Ann McMillan
    Ann McMillan is the daughter of American physicist and Nobel laureate Edwin McMillan.
  • 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_69f684c471b88190a4c79d907152b492 completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6863fada48190afe2ff7896a60094 completed May 2, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f686bcac94819088782273effbb06a completed May 2, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.