Triple

T3558541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Attack the Block E75277 entity
Predicate cinematographyBy P1953 FINISHED
Object Thomas Townend
Thomas Townend is a cinematographer best known for his work on the British science-fiction film "Attack the Block."
 E370931 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: Thomas Townend | Statement: [Attack the Block, cinematographyBy, Thomas Townend]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Townend
Context triple: [Attack the Block, cinematographyBy, Thomas Townend]
  • A. Patrick Tonyn
    Patrick Tonyn was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for serving as the last British governor of East Florida during the American Revolutionary era.
  • B. William Tummel
    William Tummel was a Hollywood film assistant director who received an Academy Award for his work in the early years of the Oscars.
  • C. Nigel Ball
    Nigel Ball is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Ball, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • D. Gordon Bottomley
    Gordon Bottomley was an English poet and dramatist of the early 20th century, noted for his verse dramas and his role in the Georgian poetry movement.
  • E. Colin Hanton
    Colin Hanton is an English drummer best known for playing with The Quarrymen, 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: Thomas Townend
Triple: [Attack the Block, cinematographyBy, Thomas Townend]
Generated description
Thomas Townend is a cinematographer best known for his work on the British science-fiction film "Attack the Block."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Townend
Target entity description: Thomas Townend is a cinematographer best known for his work on the British science-fiction film "Attack the Block."
  • A. Patrick Tonyn
    Patrick Tonyn was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for serving as the last British governor of East Florida during the American Revolutionary era.
  • B. William Tummel
    William Tummel was a Hollywood film assistant director who received an Academy Award for his work in the early years of the Oscars.
  • C. Nigel Ball
    Nigel Ball is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Ball, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • D. Gordon Bottomley
    Gordon Bottomley was an English poet and dramatist of the early 20th century, noted for his verse dramas and his role in the Georgian poetry movement.
  • E. Colin Hanton
    Colin Hanton is an English drummer best known for playing with The Quarrymen, 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_69ad85d45090819086f34fb85d850a1e completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc0881d50819092332491b9527c9d completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402e41b8c8190b6221725c7a84532 completed March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b406af1ed88190884541ee1671cabd completed March 13, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4086f6da4819084778dffa33ef116 completed March 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.