Triple
T20620321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David John McDonald |
E506681
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayed |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alec Hardy |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Alec Hardy | Statement: [David John McDonald, portrayed, Alec Hardy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alec Hardy Context triple: [David John McDonald, portrayed, Alec Hardy]
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A.
Alec Hardy
chosen
Alec Hardy is a brooding, determined detective inspector best known as one of the central characters in the British crime drama series "Broadchurch."
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B.
Alec Fleming
Alec Fleming is a fictional character from the television series "The Rogues," likely involved in the show's recurring schemes and cons.
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C.
Alec Troup
Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
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D.
Alec Stewart
Alec Stewart is a former English cricketer and captain of the England national team, widely regarded as one of the country's finest wicketkeeper-batsmen.
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E.
Alec Stevens
Alec Stevens is a comics artist and illustrator known for his distinctive, atmospheric work in graphic novels and alternative comics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4bc90988190ac360aaf645efc1d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6abe0e22c81909f6efe21518e33f0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:42 a.m.