Triple

T12312012

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Richard MacDuff	`E293501`	entity
Predicate	education	`P5`	FINISHED
Object	attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations) Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a young, somewhat hapless computer programmer entangled in bizarre, time-twisting events.	`E973249`	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: attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations) | Statement: [Richard MacDuff, education, attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)
Context triple: [Richard MacDuff, education, attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)]

A. Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
The Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge is the senior academic and administrative head of the college, responsible for its leadership, governance, and external representation within the University of Cambridge.
B. Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
The Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge is the head of this constituent college of the University of Cambridge, responsible for its overall leadership, governance, and academic direction.
C. Old Schools, Cambridge
Old Schools, Cambridge is a historic complex of university buildings in central Cambridge that traditionally housed the University of Cambridge’s administrative offices and ceremonial spaces.
D. Master of Clare College, Cambridge
The Master of Clare College, Cambridge is the head of Clare College at the University of Cambridge, responsible for its overall leadership, governance, and academic direction.
E. Cambridge Education
Cambridge Education is an international education consultancy and services provider specializing in improving education systems and outcomes worldwide.
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: attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)
Triple: [Richard MacDuff, education, attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)]

Generated description

Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a young, somewhat hapless computer programmer entangled in bizarre, time-twisting events.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: attended St Cedd's College, Cambridge (in backstory/associations)
Target entity description: Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a young, somewhat hapless computer programmer entangled in bizarre, time-twisting events.

A. Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
The Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge is the senior academic and administrative head of the college, responsible for its leadership, governance, and external representation within the University of Cambridge.
B. Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
The Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge is the head of this constituent college of the University of Cambridge, responsible for its overall leadership, governance, and academic direction.
C. Old Schools, Cambridge
Old Schools, Cambridge is a historic complex of university buildings in central Cambridge that traditionally housed the University of Cambridge’s administrative offices and ceremonial spaces.
D. Master of Clare College, Cambridge
The Master of Clare College, Cambridge is the head of Clare College at the University of Cambridge, responsible for its overall leadership, governance, and academic direction.
E. Cambridge Education
Cambridge Education is an international education consultancy and services provider specializing in improving education systems and outcomes worldwide.
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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d93f02c0508190b10c0627cdaaba76`	completed	April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f61e84fa708190854afc6afd425fd7`	completed	May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f61f5d746c8190b5b0edfc4832bc6c`	completed	May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f62041f2408190ad320fec5283abdd`	completed	May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.