Triple

T382499
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Drama Centre London E8709 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Paul McGann
Paul McGann is an English actor best known for playing the Eighth Doctor in the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who and for his roles in films such as "Withnail and I."
E48832 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: Paul McGann | Statement: [Drama Centre London, notableAlumni, Paul McGann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul McGann
Context triple: [Drama Centre London, notableAlumni, Paul McGann]
  • A. Peter Straughan
    Peter Straughan is a British screenwriter known for his work on acclaimed films such as the adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
  • B. Robert Little
    Robert Little was a distinguished Australian fighter ace of World War I who became one of the highest-scoring pilots in British service.
  • C. Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch
    Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch is the eldest son of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch and theatre director Sophie Hunter.
  • 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. Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch is an acclaimed English actor known for his roles in the television series "Sherlock" and films such as "The Imitation Game" and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's "Doctor Strange."
  • 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: Paul McGann
Triple: [Drama Centre London, notableAlumni, Paul McGann]
Generated description
Paul McGann is an English actor best known for playing the Eighth Doctor in the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who and for his roles in films such as "Withnail and I."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul McGann
Target entity description: Paul McGann is an English actor best known for playing the Eighth Doctor in the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who and for his roles in films such as "Withnail and I."
  • A. Peter Straughan
    Peter Straughan is a British screenwriter known for his work on acclaimed films such as the adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
  • B. Robert Little
    Robert Little was a distinguished Australian fighter ace of World War I who became one of the highest-scoring pilots in British service.
  • C. Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch
    Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch is the eldest son of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch and theatre director Sophie Hunter.
  • 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. Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch is an acclaimed English actor known for his roles in the television series "Sherlock" and films such as "The Imitation Game" and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's "Doctor Strange."
  • 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_69a2ec40ff8c81909306eb2dfe1512af completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3fe9418348190a1ffb3fd3e3f8048 completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ff68cfc0819082d7f7118c22fc78 completed March 1, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a400449ddc8190b906cf6a3dd4b6f0 completed March 1, 2026, 9 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.