Triple

T3378678
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Years and Years E71126 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Stephen Lyons
Stephen Lyons is a central character in the British drama series "Years and Years," which follows a Manchester family navigating rapid social and political changes over several decades.
 E403105 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: Stephen Lyons | Statement: [Years and Years, mainCharacter, Stephen Lyons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen Lyons
Context triple: [Years and Years, mainCharacter, Stephen Lyons]
  • A. James Lyons
    James Lyons was an American film editor and occasional screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with director Todd Haynes on acclaimed independent films.
  • B. Christopher Gunning
    Christopher Gunning was a British composer best known for his film and television scores, including the iconic theme for the detective series "Poirot."
  • C. Daniel Lyons
    Daniel Lyons is a fictional character from the British television drama series "Years and Years," portrayed by actor Russell Tovey.
  • D. Christopher Reid
    Christopher Reid is a British poet and former poetry editor known for his witty, emotionally resonant verse and for winning major literary awards such as the Costa Book Award.
  • E. Stephen Nicol
    Stephen Nicol is a former Scottish professional footballer and versatile defender best known for his successful spell at Liverpool FC in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • 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: Stephen Lyons
Triple: [Years and Years, mainCharacter, Stephen Lyons]
Generated description
Stephen Lyons is a central character in the British drama series "Years and Years," which follows a Manchester family navigating rapid social and political changes over several decades.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen Lyons
Target entity description: Stephen Lyons is a central character in the British drama series "Years and Years," which follows a Manchester family navigating rapid social and political changes over several decades.
  • A. James Lyons
    James Lyons was an American film editor and occasional screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with director Todd Haynes on acclaimed independent films.
  • B. Christopher Gunning
    Christopher Gunning was a British composer best known for his film and television scores, including the iconic theme for the detective series "Poirot."
  • C. Daniel Lyons
    Daniel Lyons is a fictional character from the British television drama series "Years and Years," portrayed by actor Russell Tovey.
  • D. Christopher Reid
    Christopher Reid is a British poet and former poetry editor known for his witty, emotionally resonant verse and for winning major literary awards such as the Costa Book Award.
  • E. Stephen Nicol
    Stephen Nicol is a former Scottish professional footballer and versatile defender best known for his successful spell at Liverpool FC in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • 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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb2eacb5c81908071a1dacc9a897a completed March 8, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b53fccf644819082334b566f23c20a completed March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54073ab1c8190a80adb7754fdcc58 completed March 14, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5412810748190905e09b773541eaa completed March 14, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.