Triple
T21125113
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costa Biography Award |
E520537
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWinner |
P2766
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson is a British writer, biographer, and journalist known for his literary biographies, novels, and essays on history, religion, and culture.
|
E1468247
|
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: A. N. Wilson | Statement: [Costa Biography Award, notableWinner, A. N. Wilson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. N. Wilson Context triple: [Costa Biography Award, notableWinner, A. N. Wilson]
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A.
Angus Wilson
Angus Wilson was a prominent 20th-century British novelist and short story writer known for his satirical and socially observant fiction.
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B.
Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
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C.
David Macey
David Macey was a British translator and intellectual historian best known for bringing the works of French theorists such as Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon to English-speaking audiences.
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D.
Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd is a renowned British biographer best known for his definitive lives of figures such as Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw, and Augustus John.
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E.
Geoffrey Homes
Geoffrey Homes was the pen name of American writer Daniel Mainwaring, best known for his hardboiled crime novels and screenplays, including the source novel for the classic film noir "Out of the Past."
- 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: A. N. Wilson Triple: [Costa Biography Award, notableWinner, A. N. Wilson]
Generated description
A. N. Wilson is a British writer, biographer, and journalist known for his literary biographies, novels, and essays on history, religion, and culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. N. Wilson Target entity description: A. N. Wilson is a British writer, biographer, and journalist known for his literary biographies, novels, and essays on history, religion, and culture.
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A.
Angus Wilson
Angus Wilson was a prominent 20th-century British novelist and short story writer known for his satirical and socially observant fiction.
-
B.
Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
-
C.
David Macey
David Macey was a British translator and intellectual historian best known for bringing the works of French theorists such as Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon to English-speaking audiences.
-
D.
Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd is a renowned British biographer best known for his definitive lives of figures such as Lytton Strachey, Bernard Shaw, and Augustus John.
-
E.
Geoffrey Homes
Geoffrey Homes was the pen name of American writer Daniel Mainwaring, best known for his hardboiled crime novels and screenplays, including the source novel for the classic film noir "Out of the Past."
- 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_69e0b50a623881909c0bbaf4f2c055e7 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e72237c1a4819090987c645114d452 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0965eb985081908e83e65d104e25ee |
completed | May 17, 2026, 6:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0966f894d48190b6841c35a9aab417 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 6:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a096adfd4248190a26c513278e7b334 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:56 p.m.