Triple

T377546
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Nolan E8604 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nolan
Nolan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as film, sports, and politics.
 E48157 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: Nolan | Statement: [Christopher Nolan, familyName, Nolan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nolan
Context triple: [Christopher Nolan, familyName, Nolan]
  • A. Christopher Nolan
    Christopher Nolan is a British-American filmmaker renowned for his intellectually ambitious, visually striking blockbusters such as Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Interstellar.
  • B. Neil
    Neil is the given name of Neil deGrasse Tyson, a prominent American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
  • C. Don
    The Don is a major river in southwestern Russia that flows from the Central Russian Upland to the Sea of Azov, historically serving as an important trade route and cultural boundary.
  • D. Jonathan Nolan
    Jonathan Nolan is a British-American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for co-creating the TV series "Westworld" and writing screenplays for films such as "The Dark Knight" and "Interstellar."
  • E. Neal
    Neal is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • 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: Nolan
Triple: [Christopher Nolan, familyName, Nolan]
Generated description
Nolan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as film, sports, and politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nolan
Target entity description: Nolan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as film, sports, and politics.
  • A. Christopher Nolan
    Christopher Nolan is a British-American filmmaker renowned for his intellectually ambitious, visually striking blockbusters such as Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Interstellar.
  • B. Neil
    Neil is the given name of Neil deGrasse Tyson, a prominent American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
  • C. Don
    The Don is a major river in southwestern Russia that flows from the Central Russian Upland to the Sea of Azov, historically serving as an important trade route and cultural boundary.
  • D. Jonathan Nolan
    Jonathan Nolan is a British-American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for co-creating the TV series "Westworld" and writing screenplays for films such as "The Dark Knight" and "Interstellar."
  • E. Neal
    Neal is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec1804108190a1e94526b71289ea completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fafca1dc8190ba8f1cdec0ba337d completed March 1, 2026, 8:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3fb9968ec819088e3832b1902349e completed March 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3fbba4e0c8190858aeab66332490d completed March 1, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.