Triple
T2233330
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Trainspotting (novel) |
E49221
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
|
E247348
|
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: Irvine Welsh | Statement: [Trainspotting (novel), author, Irvine Welsh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvine Welsh Context triple: [Trainspotting (novel), author, Irvine Welsh]
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A.
Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American novelist best known for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain," which won the Booker Prize.
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B.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
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C.
Ken Burrough
Ken Burrough was an American professional football wide receiver best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Houston Oilers in the 1970s.
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D.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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E.
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is a British playwright and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as the play "Jerusalem" and screenplays including "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
- 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: Irvine Welsh Triple: [Trainspotting (novel), author, Irvine Welsh]
Generated description
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvine Welsh Target entity description: Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
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A.
Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American novelist best known for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain," which won the Booker Prize.
-
B.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
-
C.
Ken Burrough
Ken Burrough was an American professional football wide receiver best known for his Pro Bowl career with the Houston Oilers in the 1970s.
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D.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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E.
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is a British playwright and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as the play "Jerusalem" and screenplays including "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
- 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc0913f1c8190ac9cfeb0f1c84a76 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b020e308190a6d5a50a8e808aba |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6b73bb688190bcade17d991c4862 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6be4431c81909c9b4ad82226215d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.