Triple

T12768787
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bedford Modern School E305191 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Stephen Evans (diplomat)
Stephen Evans is a British diplomat who has served in several senior roles, including as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Afghanistan and Turkey.
E1002601 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: Stephen Evans (diplomat) | Statement: [Bedford Modern School, hasNotableAlumni, Stephen Evans (diplomat)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Evans (diplomat)
Context triple: [Bedford Modern School, hasNotableAlumni, Stephen Evans (diplomat)]
  • A. William Burns
    William Burns was the eldest son of Scottish poet Robert Burns, known primarily as a member of the Burns family rather than for his own public achievements.
  • B. David Hunt (diplomat)
    David Hunt was a British diplomat who served in several key overseas postings and held senior roles in the UK Foreign Service during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Clive Tickner
    Clive Tickner is a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the comedy "The Tall Guy."
  • D. John Gage (diplomat)
    John Gage (diplomat) is a British diplomat known for his service in the United Kingdom’s foreign service.
  • E. Peter Sutherland
    Peter Sutherland was an Irish lawyer, politician, and international businessman who served in prominent global roles including European Commissioner for Competition and later as a key architect of modern global trade policy.
  • 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: Stephen Evans (diplomat)
Triple: [Bedford Modern School, hasNotableAlumni, Stephen Evans (diplomat)]
Generated description
Stephen Evans is a British diplomat who has served in several senior roles, including as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Afghanistan and Turkey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Evans (diplomat)
Target entity description: Stephen Evans is a British diplomat who has served in several senior roles, including as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Afghanistan and Turkey.
  • A. William Burns
    William Burns was the eldest son of Scottish poet Robert Burns, known primarily as a member of the Burns family rather than for his own public achievements.
  • B. David Hunt (diplomat)
    David Hunt was a British diplomat who served in several key overseas postings and held senior roles in the UK Foreign Service during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Clive Tickner
    Clive Tickner is a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the comedy "The Tall Guy."
  • D. John Gage (diplomat)
    John Gage (diplomat) is a British diplomat known for his service in the United Kingdom’s foreign service.
  • E. Peter Sutherland
    Peter Sutherland was an Irish lawyer, politician, and international businessman who served in prominent global roles including European Commissioner for Competition and later as a key architect of modern global trade policy.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96df3b2f88190b37b696400178795 completed April 10, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684f750a08190abf6122baa579bc4 completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6890782c48190ae93866cf39b1c25 completed May 2, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68976b60881908abf5b69b8c37e6e completed May 2, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.