Triple

T4189571
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jeremy Paxman E88999 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object The English: A Portrait of a People
The English: A Portrait of a People is a non-fiction book by Jeremy Paxman that explores the character, history, and national identity of the English.
E420546 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: The English: A Portrait of a People | Statement: [Jeremy Paxman, hasWritten, The English: A Portrait of a People]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The English: A Portrait of a People
Context triple: [Jeremy Paxman, hasWritten, The English: A Portrait of a People]
  • A. The Englishman and His History
    The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
  • B. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
    A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a multi-volume historical narrative by Winston Churchill that surveys the political and cultural development of Britain and its English-speaking offshoots from ancient times to the 20th century.
  • C. The Last of England
    The Last of England is a celebrated 1855 painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a Victorian couple emigrating from England, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and emotional intensity.
  • D. The History of England
    The History of England is an 18th-century multi-volume historical work by David Hume that traces English history from ancient times through the 17th century and became highly influential in shaping modern historical writing.
  • E. Letters on the English
    Letters on the English is a series of satirical and philosophical essays by Voltaire, based on his observations of English society, politics, religion, and science in the early 18th 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: The English: A Portrait of a People
Triple: [Jeremy Paxman, hasWritten, The English: A Portrait of a People]
Generated description
The English: A Portrait of a People is a non-fiction book by Jeremy Paxman that explores the character, history, and national identity of the English.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The English: A Portrait of a People
Target entity description: The English: A Portrait of a People is a non-fiction book by Jeremy Paxman that explores the character, history, and national identity of the English.
  • A. The Englishman and His History
    The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
  • B. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
    A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a multi-volume historical narrative by Winston Churchill that surveys the political and cultural development of Britain and its English-speaking offshoots from ancient times to the 20th century.
  • C. The Last of England
    The Last of England is a celebrated 1855 painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a Victorian couple emigrating from England, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and emotional intensity.
  • D. The History of England
    The History of England is an 18th-century multi-volume historical work by David Hume that traces English history from ancient times through the 17th century and became highly influential in shaping modern historical writing.
  • E. Letters on the English
    Letters on the English is a series of satirical and philosophical essays by Voltaire, based on his observations of English society, politics, religion, and science in the early 18th 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_69aed9569a4481908b6c1fcec2a11e21 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af033ef6648190adde17f943d89c78 completed March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b58a05e634819094bbe145f86d8786 completed March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58e337aec819092020d46ee235fd1 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e9f50948190a40254375e76153c completed March 14, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.