Triple
T44768
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglas Adams |
E879
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Douglas Noel Adams |
E879
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Douglas Noel Adams | Statement: [Douglas Adams, birthName, Douglas Noel Adams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Noel Adams Context triple: [Douglas Adams, birthName, Douglas Noel Adams]
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A.
Douglas Adams
chosen
Douglas Adams was a British author and humorist best known for creating the science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
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B.
Richard Bolt
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
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C.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist renowned for his magical realist works, particularly "Midnight's Children" and the controversial "The Satanic Verses."
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D.
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
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E.
Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis is a British screenwriter, producer, and director best known for creating and writing popular romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24ae36824819080e8336a3c9f9bf8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a25ab4a9008190ba5c0f3389e348c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.