Triple

T4005063
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fierce Creatures E89505 entity
Predicate screenwriter P2831 FINISHED
Object Iain Johnstone
Iain Johnstone is a British writer and broadcaster best known for his work as a screenwriter and for his collaborations with prominent UK comedians and filmmakers.
 E407629 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: Iain Johnstone | Statement: [Fierce Creatures, screenwriter, Iain Johnstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Iain Johnstone
Context triple: [Fierce Creatures, screenwriter, Iain Johnstone]
  • A. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • B. Colin Cameron
    Colin Cameron is a Scottish former professional footballer and midfielder who played for clubs including Raith Rovers, Hearts, Wolves, and the Scotland national team before moving into coaching.
  • C. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone
    Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone was a British army officer, politician, and adventurer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his involvement in financial scandals and controversial political activities.
  • D. Ian Callaghan
    Ian Callaghan is a former English footballer best known for his long and record-breaking career with Liverpool FC, where he became the club’s all-time appearance holder and won numerous domestic and European titles.
  • E. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • 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: Iain Johnstone
Triple: [Fierce Creatures, screenwriter, Iain Johnstone]
Generated description
Iain Johnstone is a British writer and broadcaster best known for his work as a screenwriter and for his collaborations with prominent UK comedians and filmmakers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Iain Johnstone
Target entity description: Iain Johnstone is a British writer and broadcaster best known for his work as a screenwriter and for his collaborations with prominent UK comedians and filmmakers.
  • A. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • B. Colin Cameron
    Colin Cameron is a Scottish former professional footballer and midfielder who played for clubs including Raith Rovers, Hearts, Wolves, and the Scotland national team before moving into coaching.
  • C. Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone
    Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone was a British army officer, politician, and adventurer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his involvement in financial scandals and controversial political activities.
  • D. Ian Callaghan
    Ian Callaghan is a former English footballer best known for his long and record-breaking career with Liverpool FC, where he became the club’s all-time appearance holder and won numerous domestic and European titles.
  • E. Angus McKie
    Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
  • 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa5f7b308190adaad864eec98936 completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5562455a0819097fb6a566f2d387a completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556bd17f481909647a10398025f3e completed March 14, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b55733159481908d5a427a57bef9a3 completed March 14, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.