Triple

T15908740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Guest E385789 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Nigel Tufnel
Nigel Tufnel is the fictional, over-the-top lead guitarist of the mock rock band Spinal Tap, best known for his amplifiers that "go to eleven" in the cult film *This Is Spinal Tap*.
E1183695 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: Nigel Tufnel | Statement: [Christopher Guest, notableCharacter, Nigel Tufnel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Tufnel
Context triple: [Christopher Guest, notableCharacter, Nigel Tufnel]
  • A. Brian Dunkleman
    Brian Dunkleman is an American comedian, actor, and television personality best known for co-hosting the first season of the reality singing competition "American Idol."
  • B. Spoonface Steinberg
    Spoonface Steinberg is a monologue play by British writer Lee Hall that portrays the inner life and philosophical reflections of a young autistic girl with terminal cancer.
  • C. Ad-Rock
    Ad-Rock is an American rapper, guitarist, and producer best known as a member of the pioneering hip hop group Beastie Boys.
  • D. Kermit Zarley
    Kermit Zarley is a former American professional golfer best known for his long PGA Tour career and later work as a Christian author.
  • E. Earl Slick
    Earl Slick is an American rock guitarist best known for his longtime collaborations with David Bowie and John Lennon.
  • 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: Nigel Tufnel
Triple: [Christopher Guest, notableCharacter, Nigel Tufnel]
Generated description
Nigel Tufnel is the fictional, over-the-top lead guitarist of the mock rock band Spinal Tap, best known for his amplifiers that "go to eleven" in the cult film *This Is Spinal Tap*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Tufnel
Target entity description: Nigel Tufnel is the fictional, over-the-top lead guitarist of the mock rock band Spinal Tap, best known for his amplifiers that "go to eleven" in the cult film *This Is Spinal Tap*.
  • A. Brian Dunkleman
    Brian Dunkleman is an American comedian, actor, and television personality best known for co-hosting the first season of the reality singing competition "American Idol."
  • B. Spoonface Steinberg
    Spoonface Steinberg is a monologue play by British writer Lee Hall that portrays the inner life and philosophical reflections of a young autistic girl with terminal cancer.
  • C. Ad-Rock
    Ad-Rock is an American rapper, guitarist, and producer best known as a member of the pioneering hip hop group Beastie Boys.
  • D. Kermit Zarley
    Kermit Zarley is a former American professional golfer best known for his long PGA Tour career and later work as a Christian author.
  • E. Earl Slick
    Earl Slick is an American rock guitarist best known for his longtime collaborations with David Bowie and John Lennon.
  • 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_69d86da686e4819097cbf3b1fc2d881d completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1565d2f048190a40379ceae00411a completed April 16, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb055307081908a13c98a0e16780c completed May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb110a5b88190904f763057e8eb1e completed May 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb1a5e9b88190b790c81b9500c2ac completed May 9, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:52 a.m.