Triple
T499279
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Man |
E10363
|
entity |
| Predicate | producer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bill Curbishley
Bill Curbishley is a British music and film producer and band manager best known for his long-time work with rock bands like The Who and Judas Priest.
|
E97179
|
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: Bill Curbishley | Statement: [The Railway Man, producer, Bill Curbishley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Curbishley Context triple: [The Railway Man, producer, Bill Curbishley]
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A.
Bill Dinneen
Bill Dinneen was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and later umpire, best known for his standout performances in the first modern World Series and his long career in the American League.
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B.
Rob Thomson
Rob Thomson is a Canadian-born Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies, including guiding them to deep postseason runs after taking over the team midseason in 2022.
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C.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
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D.
Lee Dixon
Lee Dixon was an American actor and dancer best known for his work in mid-20th-century stage and film musicals.
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E.
Nigel Lockyer
Nigel Lockyer is a Canadian physicist known for his leadership in high-energy physics research, including serving as director of Fermilab and previously of TRIUMF.
- 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: Bill Curbishley Triple: [The Railway Man, producer, Bill Curbishley]
Generated description
Bill Curbishley is a British music and film producer and band manager best known for his long-time work with rock bands like The Who and Judas Priest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Curbishley Target entity description: Bill Curbishley is a British music and film producer and band manager best known for his long-time work with rock bands like The Who and Judas Priest.
-
A.
Bill Dinneen
Bill Dinneen was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher and later umpire, best known for his standout performances in the first modern World Series and his long career in the American League.
-
B.
Rob Thomson
Rob Thomson is a Canadian-born Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Philadelphia Phillies, including guiding them to deep postseason runs after taking over the team midseason in 2022.
-
C.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
-
D.
Lee Dixon
Lee Dixon was an American actor and dancer best known for his work in mid-20th-century stage and film musicals.
-
E.
Nigel Lockyer
Nigel Lockyer is a Canadian physicist known for his leadership in high-energy physics research, including serving as director of Fermilab and previously of TRIUMF.
- 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_69a2e847df8481909239ec08ccf1e376 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f119b14c8190a5a6b119579c2682 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d6571588190b1f328e7b10b627c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a78ce2d3608190af4f38768b6ef95e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a78d84ccd08190aaa86a0adbd993a0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.