Triple

T21889699
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merchant Taylors’ School, London E540505 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson is a British television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister best known for hosting the improvisational show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
 E1507132 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: Clive Anderson | Statement: [Merchant Taylors’ School, London, hasAlumni, Clive Anderson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clive Anderson
Context triple: [Merchant Taylors’ School, London, hasAlumni, Clive Anderson]
  • A. Barry Cryer
    Barry Cryer was a British comedian, writer, and broadcaster renowned for his long-running contributions to radio and television comedy.
  • B. Paul Merton
    Paul Merton is a British comedian and improviser best known for his long-running appearances on radio and television panel shows such as "Have I Got News for You" and "Just a Minute."
  • C. Peter Aykroyd
    Peter Aykroyd was a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer, and the younger brother of Dan Aykroyd, known for his work on Saturday Night Live and in film and television.
  • D. Rik Mayall
    Rik Mayall was a British comedian, actor, and writer renowned for his anarchic, high-energy performances in shows like "The Young Ones," "Bottom," and "Blackadder."
  • E. Chris Tarrant
    Chris Tarrant is a British television and radio presenter best known as the original host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?".
  • 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: Clive Anderson
Triple: [Merchant Taylors’ School, London, hasAlumni, Clive Anderson]
Generated description
Clive Anderson is a British television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister best known for hosting the improvisational show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clive Anderson
Target entity description: Clive Anderson is a British television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister best known for hosting the improvisational show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
  • A. Barry Cryer
    Barry Cryer was a British comedian, writer, and broadcaster renowned for his long-running contributions to radio and television comedy.
  • B. Paul Merton
    Paul Merton is a British comedian and improviser best known for his long-running appearances on radio and television panel shows such as "Have I Got News for You" and "Just a Minute."
  • C. Peter Aykroyd
    Peter Aykroyd was a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer, and the younger brother of Dan Aykroyd, known for his work on Saturday Night Live and in film and television.
  • D. Rik Mayall
    Rik Mayall was a British comedian, actor, and writer renowned for his anarchic, high-energy performances in shows like "The Young Ones," "Bottom," and "Blackadder."
  • E. Chris Tarrant
    Chris Tarrant is a British television and radio presenter best known as the original host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?".
  • 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_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f118ef2b648190bbd78f6b3958d2ee completed April 28, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a52bd7064819082a40b8c41240880 completed May 17, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a56cc4d7081909d4d82acff2d787d completed May 18, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a5775bba4819083357b518589be41 completed May 18, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:06 p.m.