Triple
T1105849
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Les Misérables (2012 film) |
E25485
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Nicholson
William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
|
E217546
|
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: William Nicholson | Statement: [Les Misérables (2012 film), screenwriter, William Nicholson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nicholson Context triple: [Les Misérables (2012 film), screenwriter, William Nicholson]
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A.
Robert Hepburn
Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
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B.
George Melford
George Melford was an American film director and actor of the silent and early sound era, best known for his work at Paramount Pictures and for directing the Spanish-language version of Dracula (1931).
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C.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
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D.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
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E.
Victor Saville
Victor Saville was a British film director and producer known for his work in both the UK and Hollywood during the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: William Nicholson Triple: [Les Misérables (2012 film), screenwriter, William Nicholson]
Generated description
William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nicholson Target entity description: William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
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A.
George Boyne
George Boyne is a British academic and university leader who serves as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen.
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B.
Robert Hepburn
Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
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C.
George Melford
George Melford was an American film director and actor of the silent and early sound era, best known for his work at Paramount Pictures and for directing the Spanish-language version of Dracula (1931).
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D.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
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E.
Felix de Weldon
Felix de Weldon was an Austrian-American sculptor best known for creating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising statue and numerous other public monuments.
- 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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b9e339f88190afc027216e95d2f7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adf3a5cac081908d655e42a58a81c5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adf55207248190bd903c7faa3729e7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adf5e074088190b6b383fb93cd18d8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.