Triple

T4423376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholas Hytner E95152 entity
Predicate directed P7373 FINISHED
Object The History Boys (stage production)
The History Boys (stage production) is a critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play about a group of bright grammar school boys in 1980s England preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, class, and sexuality.
E83584 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 History Boys (stage production) | Statement: [Nicholas Hytner, directed, The History Boys (stage production)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The History Boys (stage production)
Context triple: [Nicholas Hytner, directed, The History Boys (stage production)]
  • A. The History Boys (Broadway production)
    The History Boys (Broadway production) is the acclaimed New York staging of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play about a group of British schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, sexuality, and history.
  • B. The History Boys (film)
    The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adaptation of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed stage play, following a group of gifted schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams under the guidance of eccentric teachers.
  • C. Rudge in The History Boys
    Rudge in *The History Boys* is a seemingly slow-witted but quietly perceptive and straightforward student whose unexpected academic success challenges others’ assumptions about intelligence and merit.
  • D. Akhtar in The History Boys
    Akhtar in *The History Boys* is a bright, good-humored student in Alan Bennett’s play and film, known for his wit, warmth, and participation in the ensemble of grammar-school boys preparing for Oxbridge entrance exams.
  • E. War Horse (play)
    War Horse (play) is a stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel that uses life-sized puppets to depict the bond between a boy and his horse against the backdrop of World War I.
  • 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 History Boys (stage production)
Triple: [Nicholas Hytner, directed, The History Boys (stage production)]
Generated description
The History Boys (stage production) is a critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play about a group of bright grammar school boys in 1980s England preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, class, and sexuality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The History Boys (stage production)
Target entity description: The History Boys (stage production) is a critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play about a group of bright grammar school boys in 1980s England preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, class, and sexuality.
  • A. The History Boys (Broadway production) chosen
    The History Boys (Broadway production) is the acclaimed New York staging of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play about a group of British schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams, noted for its sharp wit and exploration of education, sexuality, and history.
  • B. The History Boys (film)
    The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adaptation of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed stage play, following a group of gifted schoolboys preparing for university entrance exams under the guidance of eccentric teachers.
  • C. Rudge in The History Boys
    Rudge in *The History Boys* is a seemingly slow-witted but quietly perceptive and straightforward student whose unexpected academic success challenges others’ assumptions about intelligence and merit.
  • D. Akhtar in The History Boys
    Akhtar in *The History Boys* is a bright, good-humored student in Alan Bennett’s play and film, known for his wit, warmth, and participation in the ensemble of grammar-school boys preparing for Oxbridge entrance exams.
  • E. War Horse (play)
    War Horse (play) is a stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel that uses life-sized puppets to depict the bond between a boy and his horse against the backdrop of World War I.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554b36a48190a475ac5474bed132 completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b65104d76081908d9164a7deb84277 completed March 15, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b651b391308190a1da0c9e9c1c1704 completed March 15, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b65210c5b88190bf0a329f392a9cf6 completed March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.