Triple
T1748469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom |
E38387
|
entity |
| Predicate | screenwriter |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Nicholson |
E217546
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Nicholson | Statement: [Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, screenwriter, William Nicholson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nicholson Context triple: [Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, screenwriter, William Nicholson]
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A.
William Nicholson
chosen
William Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for works such as "Shadowlands," "Gladiator," and other major film and stage scripts.
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B.
George Seaton
George Seaton was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for films such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Airport."
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C.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
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D.
Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield was a British painter and printmaker known for his bold, graphic style and use of flat areas of color that helped define the Pop Art movement in the UK.
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E.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa63ee4d2081909dfd6d3244228c56 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5d7ab1a88190b7a5baabf4742fdd |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.