Triple

T4096777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool E87839 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Ricky Tomlinson
Ricky Tomlinson is an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Jim Royle in the BBC sitcom "The Royle Family."
 E413522 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: Ricky Tomlinson | Statement: [St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool, hasNotableAlumni, Ricky Tomlinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ricky Tomlinson
Context triple: [St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool, hasNotableAlumni, Ricky Tomlinson]
  • A. Paul Hilton
    Paul Hilton is a British actor known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including acclaimed stage performances and roles in series such as "The Crown" and "A Very English Scandal."
  • B. Tony Britton
    Tony Britton was a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century onward.
  • C. Anthony Dowell
    Anthony Dowell is a renowned British ballet dancer and former artistic director, celebrated especially for his distinguished career with The Royal Ballet.
  • D. Anthony David
    Anthony David is a historian and writer known for co-authoring political and historical works, including memoirs related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • E. Ray Rigby
    Ray Rigby was a British screenwriter best known for his work on war and action films in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Ricky Tomlinson
Triple: [St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool, hasNotableAlumni, Ricky Tomlinson]
Generated description
Ricky Tomlinson is an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Jim Royle in the BBC sitcom "The Royle Family."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ricky Tomlinson
Target entity description: Ricky Tomlinson is an English actor and comedian best known for his role as Jim Royle in the BBC sitcom "The Royle Family."
  • A. Paul Hilton
    Paul Hilton is a British actor known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including acclaimed stage performances and roles in series such as "The Crown" and "A Very English Scandal."
  • B. Tony Britton
    Tony Britton was a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre from the mid-20th century onward.
  • C. Anthony Dowell
    Anthony Dowell is a renowned British ballet dancer and former artistic director, celebrated especially for his distinguished career with The Royal Ballet.
  • D. Anthony David
    Anthony David is a historian and writer known for co-authoring political and historical works, including memoirs related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • E. Ray Rigby
    Ray Rigby was a British screenwriter best known for his work on war and action films in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefcdef11081908c626a89f2c0e121 completed March 9, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b6f8bb081908aa2d126fe3c9502 completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56f3cf1d081908e2fb778433fb2e8 completed March 14, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56f99d490819093f92b4db63c5375 completed March 14, 2026, 2:24 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.