Triple

T1108185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (novel) E25533 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Paul Torday
Paul Torday was a British novelist best known for his satirical debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which brought him widespread recognition later in life.
E170307 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: Paul Torday | Statement: [Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (novel), author, Paul Torday]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Torday
Context triple: [Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (novel), author, Paul Torday]
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Andrew D. Martin
    Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
  • C. Ronald Villency
    Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
  • D. Alexander Shuckburgh
    Alexander Shuckburgh, better known by his stage name Al Shux, is a British record producer and songwriter recognized for his work on major hip-hop and R&B hits.
  • E. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • 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: Paul Torday
Triple: [Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (novel), author, Paul Torday]
Generated description
Paul Torday was a British novelist best known for his satirical debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which brought him widespread recognition later in life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Torday
Target entity description: Paul Torday was a British novelist best known for his satirical debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which brought him widespread recognition later in life.
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Andrew D. Martin
    Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
  • C. Ronald Villency
    Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
  • D. Alexander Shuckburgh
    Alexander Shuckburgh, better known by his stage name Al Shux, is a British record producer and songwriter recognized for his work on major hip-hop and R&B hits.
  • E. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • 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_69a4b9e6134481909f348986a25f65c6 completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1c8ee9dc8190b9f6a46841003e8a completed March 8, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1db1c6008190bbe61bad1a2a7e72 completed March 8, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad1e1e9fa081909201036f686fa110 completed March 8, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.