Triple

T14964004
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholas Courtney E373138 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Karen Courtney
Karen Courtney is known as the wife of the late British actor Nicholas Courtney, famed for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.
E1130582 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: Karen Courtney | Statement: [Nicholas Courtney, spouse, Karen Courtney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Courtney
Context triple: [Nicholas Courtney, spouse, Karen Courtney]
  • A. Gwen Conliffe
    Gwen Conliffe is a central female character in the classic horror film "The Wolf Man," known for her connection to the tragic lycanthropic curse afflicting the protagonist.
  • B. Aileen Britton
    Aileen Britton was an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Ginger Drysdale
    Ginger Drysdale is best known as the wife of Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Don Drysdale.
  • D. Clytie Jessop
    Clytie Jessop was a British-Australian actress, artist, and filmmaker best known for her work in 1960s British horror cinema and later contributions to the visual arts.
  • E. Ruth Hampden
    Ruth Hampden was a member of the prominent Hampden family of 17th-century England, known primarily as a daughter of the influential parliamentarian John Hampden.
  • 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: Karen Courtney
Triple: [Nicholas Courtney, spouse, Karen Courtney]
Generated description
Karen Courtney is known as the wife of the late British actor Nicholas Courtney, famed for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karen Courtney
Target entity description: Karen Courtney is known as the wife of the late British actor Nicholas Courtney, famed for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.
  • A. Gwen Conliffe
    Gwen Conliffe is a central female character in the classic horror film "The Wolf Man," known for her connection to the tragic lycanthropic curse afflicting the protagonist.
  • B. Aileen Britton
    Aileen Britton was an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Ginger Drysdale
    Ginger Drysdale is best known as the wife of Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Don Drysdale.
  • D. Clytie Jessop
    Clytie Jessop was a British-Australian actress, artist, and filmmaker best known for her work in 1960s British horror cinema and later contributions to the visual arts.
  • E. Ruth Hampden
    Ruth Hampden was a member of the prominent Hampden family of 17th-century England, known primarily as a daughter of the influential parliamentarian John Hampden.
  • 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded6d0487c8190b7754af8c5014b37 completed April 15, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe8bdeec408190893d1db9254da24e completed May 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe90383bd081908bc754655c203695 completed May 9, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe90ec50e081909ab267fee2b069bc completed May 9, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.