Triple

T16378617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matthew Shardlake E397740 entity
Predicate notableFriend P27082 FINISHED
Object Guy Malton
Guy Malton is a skilled Moorish physician and former monk who serves as Matthew Shardlake’s close friend and medical ally in C. J. Sansom’s historical mystery novels.
E1211012 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: Guy Malton | Statement: [Matthew Shardlake, notableFriend, Guy Malton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guy Malton
Context triple: [Matthew Shardlake, notableFriend, Guy Malton]
  • A. Hugh Murray
    Hugh Murray is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and public service.
  • B. Harry Anderson
    Harry Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the television sitcom "Night Court."
  • C. Alan Aldridge
    Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
  • D. Stephen Tennant
    Stephen Tennant was a British socialite, writer, and prominent member of the interwar "Bright Young Things" known for his eccentricity and flamboyant lifestyle.
  • E. Alastair Siddons
    Alastair Siddons is a British screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing the 2018 reboot of "Tomb Raider" and directing documentary and independent film projects.
  • 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: Guy Malton
Triple: [Matthew Shardlake, notableFriend, Guy Malton]
Generated description
Guy Malton is a skilled Moorish physician and former monk who serves as Matthew Shardlake’s close friend and medical ally in C. J. Sansom’s historical mystery novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guy Malton
Target entity description: Guy Malton is a skilled Moorish physician and former monk who serves as Matthew Shardlake’s close friend and medical ally in C. J. Sansom’s historical mystery novels.
  • A. Hugh Murray
    Hugh Murray is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and public service.
  • B. Harry Anderson
    Harry Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the television sitcom "Night Court."
  • C. Alan Aldridge
    Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
  • D. Stephen Tennant
    Stephen Tennant was a British socialite, writer, and prominent member of the interwar "Bright Young Things" known for his eccentricity and flamboyant lifestyle.
  • E. Alastair Siddons
    Alastair Siddons is a British screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing the 2018 reboot of "Tomb Raider" and directing documentary and independent film projects.
  • 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e319d97e00819094aa094f52a5a93e completed April 18, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00356658e881908131a3c60ed5499d completed May 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00383a7180819092ea605aa8ef1672 completed May 10, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00391645ac819092a06dc6813604fa completed May 10, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.