Triple

T18556443
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chief Inspector Barnaby book series E453516 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Tom Barnaby
Tom Barnaby is the central detective protagonist of Caroline Graham’s crime novels, best known as the methodical and perceptive chief inspector in the Midsomer Murders stories.
E1330118 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: Tom Barnaby | Statement: [Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, hasCharacter, Tom Barnaby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Barnaby
Context triple: [Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, hasCharacter, Tom Barnaby]
  • A. Alex Tennant
    Alex Tennant is a fictional character on the television series "NCIS: Hawaiʻi," depicted as the teenage son of lead agent Jane Tennant.
  • B. Barry Devlin
    Barry Devlin is an Irish musician, screenwriter, and director best known as a member of the Celtic rock band Horslips and for his work in film and television.
  • C. Leo Beckett
    Leo Beckett is best known as the husband of long-serving British Labour politician Margaret Beckett.
  • D. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • E. Barnaby Thompson
    Barnaby Thompson is a British film producer and director best known for his work on the St Trinian’s comedy film series.
  • 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: Tom Barnaby
Triple: [Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, hasCharacter, Tom Barnaby]
Generated description
Tom Barnaby is the central detective protagonist of Caroline Graham’s crime novels, best known as the methodical and perceptive chief inspector in the Midsomer Murders stories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Barnaby
Target entity description: Tom Barnaby is the central detective protagonist of Caroline Graham’s crime novels, best known as the methodical and perceptive chief inspector in the Midsomer Murders stories.
  • A. Alex Tennant
    Alex Tennant is a fictional character on the television series "NCIS: Hawaiʻi," depicted as the teenage son of lead agent Jane Tennant.
  • B. Barry Devlin
    Barry Devlin is an Irish musician, screenwriter, and director best known as a member of the Celtic rock band Horslips and for his work in film and television.
  • C. Leo Beckett
    Leo Beckett is best known as the husband of long-serving British Labour politician Margaret Beckett.
  • D. Michael Foale
    Michael Foale is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut renowned for his long-duration missions on the Space Shuttle and Mir, and for being one of the most experienced spacefarers in history.
  • E. Barnaby Thompson
    Barnaby Thompson is a British film producer and director best known for his work on the St Trinian’s comedy film series.
  • 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_69d8d388b0c881908e610a1c45b52640 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e53806d2a08190963f4d8e927a247f completed April 19, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a049ae3eb148190a7e2583f26c1a0eb completed May 13, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a049c355cb08190a63addeba8293e5c completed May 13, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a049cfa32588190a6e4abf128aced0a completed May 13, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:39 a.m.