Triple
T17247413
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sense of an Ending |
E418663
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nick Payne
Nick Payne is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his intellectually rich, emotionally nuanced works such as the acclaimed play "Constellations" and various film and television scripts.
|
E1259191
|
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: Nick Payne | Statement: [The Sense of an Ending, screenwriter, Nick Payne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Payne Context triple: [The Sense of an Ending, screenwriter, Nick Payne]
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A.
Neil Payne
Neil Payne is a musician best known as a member of the Scottish indie rock supergroup Reindeer Section.
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B.
Bruce Payne
Bruce Payne is a British character actor best known for playing intense villains in action and genre films, including the antagonist in "Passenger 57."
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C.
David Pegg
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
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D.
Ben Weeks
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
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E.
Robert Payne
Robert Payne is a songwriter best known for contributing lyrics to the song "Midnight Rider."
- 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: Nick Payne Triple: [The Sense of an Ending, screenwriter, Nick Payne]
Generated description
Nick Payne is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his intellectually rich, emotionally nuanced works such as the acclaimed play "Constellations" and various film and television scripts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Payne Target entity description: Nick Payne is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his intellectually rich, emotionally nuanced works such as the acclaimed play "Constellations" and various film and television scripts.
-
A.
Neil Payne
Neil Payne is a musician best known as a member of the Scottish indie rock supergroup Reindeer Section.
-
B.
Bruce Payne
Bruce Payne is a British character actor best known for playing intense villains in action and genre films, including the antagonist in "Passenger 57."
-
C.
David Pegg
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as a left winger for Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" before his life was tragically cut short in the Munich air disaster of 1958.
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D.
Ben Weeks
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
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E.
Robert Payne
Robert Payne is a songwriter best known for contributing lyrics to the song "Midnight Rider."
- 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42e24a4508190bbcc70c36b2b9c13 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0170f744d8819099f10bbba364586d |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01726ae14081909d11434e378d3e1c |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a017525d8108190b2fff7d96beff345 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.