Triple

T3949477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colin Dexter E84827 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Norman Colin Dexter
Norman Colin Dexter was an English crime writer best known for creating the Inspector Morse detective novels.
E401437 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: Norman Colin Dexter | Statement: [Colin Dexter, birthName, Norman Colin Dexter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Colin Dexter
Context triple: [Colin Dexter, birthName, Norman Colin Dexter]
  • A. James Arthur Monk
    James Arthur Monk, better known as Art Monk, is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver renowned for his prolific career with the Washington Redskins and multiple Super Bowl victories.
  • B. Harlan Dexter
    Harlan Dexter is a wealthy, morally corrupt former actor turned powerful businessman who serves as a central antagonist in the darkly comedic neo-noir film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang."
  • C. Martin Beck
    Martin Beck was a prominent early 20th-century American theatrical impresario and vaudeville entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Broadway and national theater circuits.
  • D. Silas Laurence Loomis
    Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
  • E. Jack Weston
    Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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: Norman Colin Dexter
Triple: [Colin Dexter, birthName, Norman Colin Dexter]
Generated description
Norman Colin Dexter was an English crime writer best known for creating the Inspector Morse detective novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Colin Dexter
Target entity description: Norman Colin Dexter was an English crime writer best known for creating the Inspector Morse detective novels.
  • A. James Arthur Monk
    James Arthur Monk, better known as Art Monk, is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver renowned for his prolific career with the Washington Redskins and multiple Super Bowl victories.
  • B. Harlan Dexter
    Harlan Dexter is a wealthy, morally corrupt former actor turned powerful businessman who serves as a central antagonist in the darkly comedic neo-noir film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang."
  • C. Martin Beck
    Martin Beck was a prominent early 20th-century American theatrical impresario and vaudeville entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Broadway and national theater circuits.
  • D. Silas Laurence Loomis
    Silas Laurence Loomis was a 19th-century American physician, inventor, and educator known for his contributions to medical science and technological innovation.
  • E. Jack Weston
    Jack Weston was an American character actor known for his comic and dramatic roles in film, television, and theater from the 1950s through the 1980s.
  • 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_69aed934fbfc8190847068e4546de963 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef910ecc08190a4fca89bcf063e0c completed March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5339feb4c8190ad96a5680cb5294e completed March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5346fb3648190b2b72e10179588ed completed March 14, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b534e98b8081909c2b71ff20fe0bb4 completed March 14, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.