Triple

T278787
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Curtis E5307 entity
Predicate workedWith P398 FINISHED
Object Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
E36288 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: Bill Nighy | Statement: [Richard Curtis, workedWith, Bill Nighy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Nighy
Context triple: [Richard Curtis, workedWith, Bill Nighy]
  • A. Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall is an English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in the Harry Potter series, Mike Leigh’s dramas, and various acclaimed British productions.
  • B. Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon was an acclaimed Irish-English actor renowned for his powerful stage work and for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
  • C. Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Richard Griffiths
    Richard Griffiths was a British character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Withnail & I" and as Uncle Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" series.
  • 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: Bill Nighy
Triple: [Richard Curtis, workedWith, Bill Nighy]
Generated description
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Nighy
Target entity description: Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
  • A. Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall is an English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in the Harry Potter series, Mike Leigh’s dramas, and various acclaimed British productions.
  • B. Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon was an acclaimed Irish-English actor renowned for his powerful stage work and for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
  • C. Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
  • D. Michael Gough
    Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
  • E. Richard Griffiths
    Richard Griffiths was a British character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Withnail & I" and as Uncle Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" series.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25dee7830819087f153769a8496b9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a394a2b1a081909bb78499544984da completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3956f12208190bdfc4f265b712ce8 completed March 1, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a395e03da8819095339cc6f9a230e4 completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.