Triple

T22091503
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Christmas Candle E545924 entity
Predicate editedBy P1954 FINISHED
Object David Yardley
David Yardley is an editor known for his work on the book "The Christmas Candle."
E1519119 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: David Yardley | Statement: [The Christmas Candle, editedBy, David Yardley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Yardley
Context triple: [The Christmas Candle, editedBy, David Yardley]
  • A. George Yardley
    George Yardley was an American Hall of Fame forward best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and the first player to score 2,000 points in a single season.
  • B. Alastair Denniston
    Alastair Denniston was a British naval intelligence officer and pioneering cryptanalyst who played a key leadership role in the development of codebreaking operations that led to Bletchley Park during both World Wars.
  • C. James Ellis
    James Ellis was a Northern Irish actor best known for his long-running role as Bert Lynch in the British television police drama "Z-Cars."
  • D. John Pollard
    John Pollard is a notable individual recognized for his contributions and prominence associated with the Pollard name.
  • E. John Kelsey
    John Kelsey is an American cryptographer known for his contributions to symmetric-key cryptography and the design of several notable encryption algorithms.
  • 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: David Yardley
Triple: [The Christmas Candle, editedBy, David Yardley]
Generated description
David Yardley is an editor known for his work on the book "The Christmas Candle."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Yardley
Target entity description: David Yardley is an editor known for his work on the book "The Christmas Candle."
  • A. George Yardley
    George Yardley was an American Hall of Fame forward best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and the first player to score 2,000 points in a single season.
  • B. Alastair Denniston
    Alastair Denniston was a British naval intelligence officer and pioneering cryptanalyst who played a key leadership role in the development of codebreaking operations that led to Bletchley Park during both World Wars.
  • C. James Ellis
    James Ellis was a Northern Irish actor best known for his long-running role as Bert Lynch in the British television police drama "Z-Cars."
  • D. John Pollard
    John Pollard is a notable individual recognized for his contributions and prominence associated with the Pollard name.
  • E. John Kelsey
    John Kelsey is an American cryptographer known for his contributions to symmetric-key cryptography and the design of several notable encryption algorithms.
  • 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_69e11e36d03c8190a83a1ba802b7231b completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f128e5edf08190a6743955bc872417 completed April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a879b9130819089f8e2b7106f875b completed May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a891eb0708190a4575a01f45b98aa completed May 18, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a89977c8c8190a5c87d1c2b68ed48 completed May 18, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:29 p.m.