Triple

T19024540
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brief Encounter E465573 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dr. Alec Harvey
Dr. Alec Harvey is the compassionate, married physician whose chance meeting and subsequent emotional affair with Laura Jesson forms the heart of the classic British romantic drama "Brief Encounter."
E1354405 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: Dr. Alec Harvey | Statement: [Brief Encounter, mainCharacter, Dr. Alec Harvey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Alec Harvey
Context triple: [Brief Encounter, mainCharacter, Dr. Alec Harvey]
  • A. Dr. James Mortimer
    Dr. James Mortimer is a country doctor and friend of the Baskerville family who seeks Sherlock Holmes’s help in Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
  • B. Dr. Marchmont
    Dr. Marchmont is a character in Frances Burney’s novel "Camilla," serving as a physician and advisor whose interactions help shape the protagonist’s experiences and development.
  • C. Dr. Malcolm Sayer
    Dr. Malcolm Sayer is a shy, dedicated neurologist in the film "Awakenings" who discovers a treatment that temporarily revives catatonic patients, revealing his deep compassion and scientific curiosity.
  • D. Dr. Nigel Channing
    Dr. Nigel Channing is a whimsical, lab-coated scientist character from Epcot’s Imagination pavilion who guides guests through playful explorations of creativity and the senses alongside Figment.
  • E. Dr. Lionel Barrett
    Dr. Lionel Barrett is a skeptical physicist and paranormal investigator who leads a scientific expedition into the notoriously haunted Belasco House in the horror novel and film "The Legend of Hell House."
  • 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: Dr. Alec Harvey
Triple: [Brief Encounter, mainCharacter, Dr. Alec Harvey]
Generated description
Dr. Alec Harvey is the compassionate, married physician whose chance meeting and subsequent emotional affair with Laura Jesson forms the heart of the classic British romantic drama "Brief Encounter."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Alec Harvey
Target entity description: Dr. Alec Harvey is the compassionate, married physician whose chance meeting and subsequent emotional affair with Laura Jesson forms the heart of the classic British romantic drama "Brief Encounter."
  • A. Dr. James Mortimer
    Dr. James Mortimer is a country doctor and friend of the Baskerville family who seeks Sherlock Holmes’s help in Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
  • B. Dr. Marchmont
    Dr. Marchmont is a character in Frances Burney’s novel "Camilla," serving as a physician and advisor whose interactions help shape the protagonist’s experiences and development.
  • C. Dr. Malcolm Sayer
    Dr. Malcolm Sayer is a shy, dedicated neurologist in the film "Awakenings" who discovers a treatment that temporarily revives catatonic patients, revealing his deep compassion and scientific curiosity.
  • D. Dr. Nigel Channing
    Dr. Nigel Channing is a whimsical, lab-coated scientist character from Epcot’s Imagination pavilion who guides guests through playful explorations of creativity and the senses alongside Figment.
  • E. Dr. Lionel Barrett
    Dr. Lionel Barrett is a skeptical physicist and paranormal investigator who leads a scientific expedition into the notoriously haunted Belasco House in the horror novel and film "The Legend of Hell House."
  • 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_69d8dd025c188190a1d81f5b4ec7e2c6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5d6e166088190937ef19739437f7c completed April 20, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05be56412081909ff1053248e7145a completed May 14, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05bfc05b70819081466bad1b6fdda1 completed May 14, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05c0283b08819089ad422861efbcbb completed May 14, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:02 p.m.