Triple

T20770648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edmund Crispin E511219 entity
Predicate notableCharacterCreated P9708 FINISHED
Object Gervase Fen
Gervase Fen is a fictional Oxford professor and amateur detective who stars in Edmund Crispin’s classic comic mystery novels.
E1450046 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: Gervase Fen | Statement: [Edmund Crispin, notableCharacterCreated, Gervase Fen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gervase Fen
Context triple: [Edmund Crispin, notableCharacterCreated, Gervase Fen]
  • A. Walter Brandish
    Walter Brandish was a notable individual significant enough to have another entity named in his honor, likely for contributions in his professional or local community.
  • B. Reg Underhill
    Reg Underhill was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Enfield East from 1974 to 1979.
  • C. Noel Brockbank
    Noel Brockbank is a character in Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike crime novel series, depicted as a deeply disturbing and predatory figure central to one of the investigations.
  • D. Tristram Shapeero
    Tristram Shapeero is a British television director known for his work on acclaimed comedy series such as Peep Show and Green Wing.
  • E. Arthur Ibbetson
    Arthur Ibbetson was a British cinematographer known for his work on notable films such as "The Bounty," "Anne of the Thousand Days," and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
  • 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: Gervase Fen
Triple: [Edmund Crispin, notableCharacterCreated, Gervase Fen]
Generated description
Gervase Fen is a fictional Oxford professor and amateur detective who stars in Edmund Crispin’s classic comic mystery novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gervase Fen
Target entity description: Gervase Fen is a fictional Oxford professor and amateur detective who stars in Edmund Crispin’s classic comic mystery novels.
  • A. Walter Brandish
    Walter Brandish was a notable individual significant enough to have another entity named in his honor, likely for contributions in his professional or local community.
  • B. Reg Underhill
    Reg Underhill was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Enfield East from 1974 to 1979.
  • C. Noel Brockbank
    Noel Brockbank is a character in Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike crime novel series, depicted as a deeply disturbing and predatory figure central to one of the investigations.
  • D. Tristram Shapeero
    Tristram Shapeero is a British television director known for his work on acclaimed comedy series such as Peep Show and Green Wing.
  • E. Arthur Ibbetson
    Arthur Ibbetson was a British cinematographer known for his work on notable films such as "The Bounty," "Anne of the Thousand Days," and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
  • 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_69e0b4ca01148190ac018e57e0cab46f completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c266f4b48190891c0db3e322bb23 completed April 21, 2026, 12:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08ef91918c81908e99ab3a8ed9a1e5 completed May 16, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08f306e51481909691e3735ce10b60 completed May 16, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08f37adb908190a40a7bb1728f3dbf completed May 16, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:36 p.m.