Triple
T3540610
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | May |
E74874
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James May
James May is a British television presenter, journalist, and writer best known as a former co-host of the motoring show "Top Gear" and later "The Grand Tour."
|
E366840
|
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: James May | Statement: [May, hasNotableBearer, James May]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James May Context triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, James May]
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A.
Peter Brock
Peter Brock was a legendary Australian touring car driver, best known for his multiple Bathurst 1000 victories and iconic status in Holden motorsport history.
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B.
Adam Hart-Davis
Adam Hart-Davis is a British scientist, author, photographer, and television presenter best known for popular science and history programs such as "Local Heroes" and "What the Romans Did for Us."
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C.
Peter Cloyce
Peter Cloyce was a 17th-century Massachusetts resident known primarily as the husband of accused Salem witch trial victim Sarah Cloyce.
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D.
Thomas Davison
Thomas Davison was a 19th-century British printer and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Lord Byron’s poem "Don Juan."
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E.
Pete Shotton
Pete Shotton was an English musician and businessman best known as John Lennon's close childhood friend and an early member of the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
- 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: James May Triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, James May]
Generated description
James May is a British television presenter, journalist, and writer best known as a former co-host of the motoring show "Top Gear" and later "The Grand Tour."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James May Target entity description: James May is a British television presenter, journalist, and writer best known as a former co-host of the motoring show "Top Gear" and later "The Grand Tour."
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A.
Peter Brock
Peter Brock was a legendary Australian touring car driver, best known for his multiple Bathurst 1000 victories and iconic status in Holden motorsport history.
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B.
Adam Hart-Davis
Adam Hart-Davis is a British scientist, author, photographer, and television presenter best known for popular science and history programs such as "Local Heroes" and "What the Romans Did for Us."
-
C.
Peter Cloyce
Peter Cloyce was a 17th-century Massachusetts resident known primarily as the husband of accused Salem witch trial victim Sarah Cloyce.
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D.
Thomas Davison
Thomas Davison was a 19th-century British printer and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Lord Byron’s poem "Don Juan."
-
E.
Pete Shotton
Pete Shotton was an English musician and businessman best known as John Lennon's close childhood friend and an early member of the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
- 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbf729000819086e4fdba9e73e198 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bd7fa3881909fee11cc6f4af7ea |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38c9259f881908068961f4eaf11a0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38d04eb388190af64f990bac8d140 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.