Triple

T4156767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brazil with Michael Palin E91432 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object John-Paul Davidson
John-Paul Davidson is a British television director and producer known for his work on travel documentaries, including several series with Michael Palin.
 E417799 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: John-Paul Davidson | Statement: [Brazil with Michael Palin, producer, John-Paul Davidson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John-Paul Davidson
Context triple: [Brazil with Michael Palin, producer, John-Paul Davidson]
  • A. Andrew Dawson
    Andrew Dawson is a music producer and audio engineer known for his work on major hip-hop and pop records, including projects with artists like Kanye West.
  • B. Nathan Phillips
    Nathan Phillips was a prominent Canadian politician who served as the reform-minded mayor of Toronto in the 1950s and early 1960s.
  • C. Glen Schofield
    Glen Schofield is a video game developer and executive best known as the co-creator of the Dead Space series and a leader on major AAA action titles.
  • D. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • E. Doug Herzog
    Doug Herzog is an American television executive and producer known for his influential role in shaping modern comedy programming at networks like MTV and Comedy Central.
  • 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: John-Paul Davidson
Triple: [Brazil with Michael Palin, producer, John-Paul Davidson]
Generated description
John-Paul Davidson is a British television director and producer known for his work on travel documentaries, including several series with Michael Palin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John-Paul Davidson
Target entity description: John-Paul Davidson is a British television director and producer known for his work on travel documentaries, including several series with Michael Palin.
  • A. Andrew Dawson
    Andrew Dawson is a music producer and audio engineer known for his work on major hip-hop and pop records, including projects with artists like Kanye West.
  • B. Nathan Phillips
    Nathan Phillips was a prominent Canadian politician who served as the reform-minded mayor of Toronto in the 1950s and early 1960s.
  • C. Glen Schofield
    Glen Schofield is a video game developer and executive best known as the co-creator of the Dead Space series and a leader on major AAA action titles.
  • D. John Hirschbeck
    John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
  • E. Doug Herzog
    Doug Herzog is an American television executive and producer known for his influential role in shaping modern comedy programming at networks like MTV and Comedy Central.
  • 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_69aed9626ebc8190a39de631788bea3e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af028fc11c819093fb2f616b97a694 completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f3e3794819095659b7b51dfa742 completed March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5803a2d00819084bcc4932846473e completed March 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b580a0be508190b0410d2de905da71 completed March 14, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.