Triple

T4013700
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Nathan-Turner E90704 entity
Predicate partner P1136 FINISHED
Object Gary Downie
Gary Downie was a Scottish production manager best known for his work on the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who" during the 1980s.
 E406365 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: Gary Downie | Statement: [John Nathan-Turner, partner, Gary Downie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Downie
Context triple: [John Nathan-Turner, partner, Gary Downie]
  • A. Dan Bunting
    Dan Bunting is a video game developer best known for his leadership and design work on the Call of Duty series at Treyarch.
  • B. Graham Crowley
    Graham Crowley is a British painter known for his figurative and landscape works and for his influential role in contemporary British art since the late 20th century.
  • C. Graham Sharp
    Graham Sharp is an American banjo player, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers.
  • D. Derek Dowding
    Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
  • E. Mark Shand
    Mark Shand was a British travel writer, conservationist, and adventurer best known for his work protecting Asian elephants and for being the brother of Queen Camilla.
  • 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: Gary Downie
Triple: [John Nathan-Turner, partner, Gary Downie]
Generated description
Gary Downie was a Scottish production manager best known for his work on the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who" during the 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Downie
Target entity description: Gary Downie was a Scottish production manager best known for his work on the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who" during the 1980s.
  • A. Dan Bunting
    Dan Bunting is a video game developer best known for his leadership and design work on the Call of Duty series at Treyarch.
  • B. Graham Crowley
    Graham Crowley is a British painter known for his figurative and landscape works and for his influential role in contemporary British art since the late 20th century.
  • C. Graham Sharp
    Graham Sharp is an American banjo player, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers.
  • D. Derek Dowding
    Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
  • E. Mark Shand
    Mark Shand was a British travel writer, conservationist, and adventurer best known for his work protecting Asian elephants and for being the brother of Queen Camilla.
  • 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_69aed95e44088190aff7d90a151b1b20 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefa8ad6348190b71feaf8c18c90c2 completed March 9, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c73e6048190a59a8d8bc12c907d completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d1898d48190b717a17ad366918d completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54ded2e6c8190a6dc9ce2f5d474b8 completed March 14, 2026, noon
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.