Triple

T5317778
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Tricks E121592 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object James Bolam
James Bolam is an English actor best known for his roles in classic British television series such as "The Likely Lads" and "New Tricks."
E517479 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: James Bolam | Statement: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, James Bolam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bolam
Context triple: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, James Bolam]
  • A. Colin Watkinson
    Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
  • B. Douglas Hodge
    Douglas Hodge is an English actor and director known for his acclaimed work on stage and screen, including prominent roles in both classical theatre and television comedies.
  • C. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • D. Pete Glenister
    Pete Glenister is a British songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his work with artists such as Alison Moyet and Kirsty MacColl.
  • E. Martin Clunes
    Martin Clunes is an English actor and comedian best known for his lead role in the television series "Doc Martin" and his work on the sitcom "Men Behaving Badly."
  • 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: James Bolam
Triple: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, James Bolam]
Generated description
James Bolam is an English actor best known for his roles in classic British television series such as "The Likely Lads" and "New Tricks."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bolam
Target entity description: James Bolam is an English actor best known for his roles in classic British television series such as "The Likely Lads" and "New Tricks."
  • A. Colin Watkinson
    Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
  • B. Douglas Hodge
    Douglas Hodge is an English actor and director known for his acclaimed work on stage and screen, including prominent roles in both classical theatre and television comedies.
  • C. Ron Todd
    Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
  • D. Pete Glenister
    Pete Glenister is a British songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his work with artists such as Alison Moyet and Kirsty MacColl.
  • E. Martin Clunes
    Martin Clunes is an English actor and comedian best known for his lead role in the television series "Doc Martin" and his work on the sitcom "Men Behaving Badly."
  • 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_69bd463d956c819088105c3db802c017 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd855269ac8190bb7a9248d04f1823 completed March 20, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf332d0c608190be0c8e740fe216b7 completed March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf340a51848190b4722f456f997833 completed March 22, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf34714e808190b06b47891ea31bbf completed March 22, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.