Triple

T2216731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton E48049 entity
Predicate spouseInFiction P30304 FINISHED
Object Geoffrey Clifton
Geoffrey Clifton is a fictional British explorer and husband of Katherine Clifton in Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, "The English Patient."
E249141 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Geoffrey Clifton | Statement: [Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton, spouseInFiction, Geoffrey Clifton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Clifton
Context triple: [Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton, spouseInFiction, Geoffrey Clifton]
  • A. Geoffrey Lawrence
    Geoffrey Lawrence was a British judge best known for serving as the presiding judge at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II.
  • B. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Francis Michael Gough
    Francis Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
  • D. John Clive
    John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Edwin Craye
    Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
  • 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: Geoffrey Clifton
Triple: [Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton, spouseInFiction, Geoffrey Clifton]
Generated description
Geoffrey Clifton is a fictional British explorer and husband of Katherine Clifton in Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, "The English Patient."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Clifton
Target entity description: Geoffrey Clifton is a fictional British explorer and husband of Katherine Clifton in Michael Ondaatje’s novel and its film adaptation, "The English Patient."
  • A. Geoffrey Lawrence
    Geoffrey Lawrence was a British judge best known for serving as the presiding judge at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II.
  • B. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Francis Michael Gough
    Francis Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
  • D. John Clive
    John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Edwin Craye
    Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: spouseInFiction
Context triple: [Kristin Scott Thomas as Katherine Clifton, spouseInFiction, Geoffrey Clifton]
  • A. hasSpouseInStory chosen
    Indicates that one entity is depicted as the spouse of another within the context of a particular story or narrative.
  • B. fictionalRelationship
    Indicates a relationship that exists only within a fictional or imagined context between entities.
  • C. spouseAssociatedWith
    Indicates a marital or spousal relationship or close association between two entities.
  • D. spouseOrLover
    Indicates a romantic partnership between two entities, whether formalized as a spouse or existing as a lover.
  • E. spouseFamily
    Indicates a family relationship formed through marriage, such as between a person and their spouse’s relatives.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88aa1ee708190862c8c378c41e9eb completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc00f4c3881909d03301fcdfa8b67 completed March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71b811748190b985972a74c0355d completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72a2b92c8190a7d4ff441f1cb1ce completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae732a7cf08190b119ca7809350269 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abbdaa26d48190860c33fd464c4845 completed March 7, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.