Triple

T20186389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Nigel Neill E492871 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Nigel John Dermot Neill
Nigel John Dermot Neill, better known as Sam Neill, is a New Zealand actor and producer renowned for his roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and numerous acclaimed television series.
E494037 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: Nigel John Dermot Neill | Statement: [John Nigel Neill, birthName, Nigel John Dermot Neill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel John Dermot Neill
Context triple: [John Nigel Neill, birthName, Nigel John Dermot Neill]
  • A. Nigel John Dermot Neill
    Nigel John Dermot Neill is a New Zealand actor and producer best known for his leading roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and Event Horizon.
  • B. John Hartnell
    John Hartnell was a Royal Navy sailor who served on Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition and died early in the voyage, with his grave located on Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic.
  • C. Dennis Leigh
    Dennis Leigh, better known by his stage name John Foxx, is an English musician, singer, and electronic music pioneer who first gained fame as the original lead vocalist of the band Ultravox.
  • D. J. C. Marsden
    J. C. Marsden is a prominent mathematician recognized for his influential contributions to applied mathematics and dynamical systems, honored by the J. C. Marsden Medal named after him.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Nigel John Dermot Neill
Triple: [John Nigel Neill, birthName, Nigel John Dermot Neill]
Generated description
Nigel John Dermot Neill, better known as Sam Neill, is a New Zealand actor and producer renowned for his roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and numerous acclaimed television series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel John Dermot Neill
Target entity description: Nigel John Dermot Neill, better known as Sam Neill, is a New Zealand actor and producer renowned for his roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and numerous acclaimed television series.
  • A. Nigel John Dermot Neill chosen
    Nigel John Dermot Neill is a New Zealand actor and producer best known for his leading roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and Event Horizon.
  • B. John Hartnell
    John Hartnell was a Royal Navy sailor who served on Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition and died early in the voyage, with his grave located on Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic.
  • C. Dennis Leigh
    Dennis Leigh, better known by his stage name John Foxx, is an English musician, singer, and electronic music pioneer who first gained fame as the original lead vocalist of the band Ultravox.
  • D. J. C. Marsden
    J. C. Marsden is a prominent mathematician recognized for his influential contributions to applied mathematics and dynamical systems, honored by the J. C. Marsden Medal named after him.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.

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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66ad143c48190b9d52c331e8101d6 completed April 20, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a083c81d6f48190b851d90089367f0f completed May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a083d3196148190847a625ad09762a2 completed May 16, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a083e04aab88190a1e0219427d8d0e1 completed May 16, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:36 p.m.