Triple

T120010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Doctor Who E2424 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Sydney Newman
Sydney Newman was a Canadian-born television producer and executive best known for pioneering influential British TV drama and helping launch iconic series such as Doctor Who and The Avengers.
E15714 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: Sydney Newman | Statement: [Doctor Who, creator, Sydney Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Newman
Context triple: [Doctor Who, creator, Sydney Newman]
  • A. Frank Mankiewicz
    Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
  • B. Darryl F. Zanuck
    Darryl F. Zanuck was a prominent American film producer and studio executive, best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox and a key figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
  • C. Norman Lear
    Norman Lear was an influential American television writer and producer best known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," and "Good Times."
  • D. Charles Roven
    Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
  • E. Ernest B. Schoedsack
    Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
  • 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: Sydney Newman
Triple: [Doctor Who, creator, Sydney Newman]
Generated description
Sydney Newman was a Canadian-born television producer and executive best known for pioneering influential British TV drama and helping launch iconic series such as Doctor Who and The Avengers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sydney Newman
Target entity description: Sydney Newman was a Canadian-born television producer and executive best known for pioneering influential British TV drama and helping launch iconic series such as Doctor Who and The Avengers.
  • A. Frank Mankiewicz
    Frank Mankiewicz was an American journalist, political strategist, and public relations executive best known for his prominent roles in Democratic politics and media, including serving as president of National Public Radio.
  • B. Darryl F. Zanuck
    Darryl F. Zanuck was a prominent American film producer and studio executive, best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox and a key figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
  • C. Norman Lear
    Norman Lear was an influential American television writer and producer best known for creating groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," and "Good Times."
  • D. Charles Roven
    Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
  • E. Ernest B. Schoedsack
    Ernest B. Schoedsack was an American film director and cinematographer best known for co-directing the classic adventure-horror film "King Kong" (1933).
  • 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_69a2506c5428819085c28a8884790e29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25715cfb881909ffb488f21a4a16d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b01662f88190a4997a3e86c17946 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b0f1d9408190ba4a5cf775951334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b152ef0c819082457e54f99a65b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.